This summer, we will launch our nation-wide bus tour to demand a Federal Climate Emergency Plan to address the escalating climate crisis. Led by veterans who are lawmakers, we will educate, train, and organize officials, media, and the public in 32 cities across the country.
Through visual, value-based storytelling, EOPA investigates the dangers and of climate impacts on global water security as well as solutions open to communities and countries across the globe. We have completed two short documentaries with more in production. Learn more.
EOPA is led by veteran lawmakers who are committed to continuing to protect our nation from the dangers of water insecurity and climate change. After years of dedicated service abroad, veterans know first hand the dangers associated with climate change and are working across the aisle to create lasting solutions. One project we tackled with them was make to Congress reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund this year, preserving our public lands.
Our efforts began in New York State, where we organized over a thousand elected officials to demand that Governor Coumo ban fracking. Since that ban was established in 2014, we have worked with elected across the State on fossil fuel divestment and funding for renewables.
Starting in 2017, we worked to coalesce elected officials around Brown’s Last Chance, a campaign to have the then-Governor put an end date on fossil fuel extraction in CA. Today we continue that work through a statewide network of hundreds of elected officials protecting people and planet.
Arizona is in the crosshairs of foreign nationals aiming to buy out America’s drinking water. In one of our videos, we expose Saudi Arabia for grabbing US water rights and land to grow cattle feed, despite an 18-year drought throughout this region of the Southwest.
Survey data shows that a majority of voters support the federal government taking action to combat climate change. nyti.ms/3ijQ1n8
Survey Finds Majority of Voters Support Initiatives to Fight Climate Change
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A survey carried out after the November election found that 66 percent of respondents said that developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority.
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Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling
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Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case turning on environmental concerns
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Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns
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Report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather
Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms
“One of the most powerful ways for us to connect over climate change is ... this fundamental value that we share,” said scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who is helping to lead a $10 million campaign to educate mothers around ways to combat climate change. “We want to ensure a better and safer futur...
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We, the undersigned elected officials believe it is imperative we take action on the climate crisis because it is a threat multiplier for water security, deadly disease, and environmental racism. It is time to enact a national Climate Emergency Plan that protects all our communities.
As an example of the racial and environmental injustice made worse by the climate crisis, in the predominantly African American community of St. Louis County, Missouri, radioactive and dioxin waste is being spread further by floods; this is exacerbated by climate change. The year preceding the recent Midwestern floods was the wettest on record. Now the community is a cancer and autoimmune disease cluster.
Suffering from almost 20 years of megadrought, the Navajo Nation reached a grim milestone with the highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rate in the U.S. At a time when access to clean water and handwashing facilities is a matter of life and death, a third of the Navajo Nation’s population does not have running water.
At least 40 states will face water shortages this decade. And yet, Saudi Arabia and China are extracting American water at an alarming rate.
Globally, 37 acute conflicts, many unresolved, are due to water insecurity. Our intelligence and military community understand the climate emergency as a threat to national security.
These are serious examples of the dangers created by the climate crisis that is driving drought, disease, floods, fires, extreme temperatures, and storms.
These are clear and present dangers, but innovation, resilience, and the American spirit have created many proven existing solutions that can unify and protect us. Despite political inaction and misguided regulations that have held us back, there is hope. For example, California’s first solar thermal desalination plant recently went online; it can even clean agricultural wastewater.
In Maine, clean energy innovators have deployed a revolutionary floating offshore wind turbine. These are just two of the many already working innovations that energize our economy. Clean, renewable energy is already less expensive than using fossil fuels and can generate millions of jobs.
We call on the president and Congress to develop a federal Climate Emergency Plan that can include, but not limited to the following objectives:
- Transition to 100 percent clean energy
- Ensure everyone has access to clean and safe water
- Investment in communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice, including indigenous, communities of color, and economically vulnerable
- Investment in clean, accessible, and affordable transportation systems
- Investment in a smart renewable-energy grid
- Transition to regenerative agriculture
- Phase-out of plastics and toxins that threaten our global oxygen supply
- Prevent foreign entities from unsustainably extracting U.S. water
- Improve building energy efficiency
- Divest, phase out fossil fuels, and invest in new technologies
America must lead the world in protecting everyone from the climate emergency.
To contribute and view details of the Climate Emergency Plan please click here or give us a call at 207-319 4511.
