Press Releases

EOPA CA elected officials fight to keep setback law

EOPA CA elected officials will fight to keep setback law that would have stopped any new oil and gas drilling in neighborhoods December 14, 2022 Almost three million people live within 3,200 feet of an operational oil well in California. Across the state, industrial oil operations take place just feet from homes, schools and hospitals, increasing community …

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Power of the people prevails to move America forward with clean renewable power as Manchin’s Dirty Deal fails

JOIN DONATE Manchin’s Dirty Deal stopped by elected officials, advocates and numerous groups who want clean energy security December 7, 2022 Washington D.C. The 2023  National Defense Authorization Act annual defense policy bill, finalized on December 6, excludes changes to the federal permitting process for energy projects that Sen. Joe Manchin fought to include that …

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EOPA California congratulates BOEM on a successful California floating offshore wind energy auction

EOPA Elected Officials See Job Opportunities For Their Communities With Offshore Wind With Lease Sale December 7, 2022 On December 7, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced results from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) wind energy auction for five leases that will go to offshore wind sites in California. This is the …

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Inaugural EOPA California Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit

Inaugural EOPA California Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit hosted by the California Energy Commission focuses on offshore wind December 7, 2022 EOPA elected officials say stop oil companies from raking in billions when CA consumers, our climate and security suffer – enact windfall profit cap now Sacramento, CA-Members from Elected Officials to Protect America …

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CA State and Local Elected Official support Windfall Profit Cap

State & local elected officials and show their support for a windfall profits cap on the oil industry for price gouging consumers December 5, 2022 Elected officials say stop oil companies from raking in billions when CA consumers, our climate and security suffer Sacramento. At a press conference at the Capitol, state lawmakers and local elected …

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Elected officials applaud federal $5 Billion funding for electric school buses

Elected officials applaud federal $5 Billion funding for electric school buses and support strong national tailpipe standards and no new gas cars sales by 2035 October 26, 2022 Batteries from electric school buses can also store clean energy to be fed into the grid Presently, most of the nation’s nearly half a million school buses …

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Clean Cars Over 600 elected officials support Biden-Harris Administration stronger vehicle standards to reduce carbon emissions by 2030

Over 600 elected officials support the Biden-Harris Administration in implementing stronger vehicle standards to reduce carbon emissions by 2030 Elected officials encourage EPA to use California standards as baseline for Light-Duty Vehicles Please view the YouTube link of the press conference at: https://youtu.be/PY_xiIgR65E The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), with its historic $369 billion investment in climate …

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Gov. Murphy’s bold new offshore wind goal of 11GW by 2040

JOIN US DONATE Over 115 New Jersey elected officials back offshore wind and thank Gov. Murphy for his bold leadership increasing the state’s goal EOPA New Jersey applauds Gov. Murphy’s bold new offshore wind goal of 11GW by 2040 On September 21, 2022 Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order to ramp up New Jersey’s …

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EOPA CA thanks Gov. Newsom and lawmakers for critical climate laws to protect frontline communities

JOIN US DONATE EOPA CA thanks Gov. Newsom and lawmakers for critical climate laws to protect frontline communities – sees CA as model After years of EOPA CA work, fighting for safety zones around fossil fuel wells the law is passed with other critical measures With the backdrop of a heatwave predicted to break records …

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