Elected Officials to Protect America is a network of current and former bipartisan elected officials who care deeply about protecting our planet and democracy with education on energy security solutions.
E.O.P.A. educate lawmakers through value-based storytelling.
E.O.P.A. is the only national organization that mobilizes veterans who are lawmakers to work together on energy security solutions. Our network is vast with elected officials at all levels of goverment in 50 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Our Work
Across America, communities are facing extreme weather. Destructive wildfires, droughts, heat waves, extreme storms, flash floods, and infectious diseases, cause economic and emotional distress. The need energy security solutions has never been greater.
Elected officials at all levels of government are joing together to educate their peers and communities on clean energy solutions that will protect our people and planet globally. E.O.P.A. helps facilitate those connections with educational opportunities, trainings, and gatherings at home and abroad.
Our nation’s transportation system needs to be run by clean renewable energy. We’ve educated state and local elected officials on the benefits of electric vehicles (E.V.s) and trains.
E.O.P.A. National E.V. Tour: We toured the East Coast in 2024, covering from Maine to Georgia to educate about electric vehicles, breaking the myths around the technology. We spoke at state houses and gave elected officials opportunities to drive an E.V. On the tour we also highlighted the EPA’s vehicle standards and that offshore wind is essential to feed electrical power to the grid so we all can eventually drive electric vehicles.
Led by veterans who are lawmakers, we educated, trained, and organized officials, media, and the public.
Starting in 2012, we’ve run programs in California and New York, raising the awareness on clean energy solutions.
E.O.P.A. has successfully worked on divestment issues, safety set-back zones around wells, and the capping and remediation of wells, while helping disadvantaged communities hardest hit from the devastating pollution over decades. Our work is ongoing.
Nationally, we’ve helped educate the Administration on the need to invoke the Defense Production Act for energy security solutions.
Internationally, we’ve introduced the concept of a Energy Security Marshall Plan for Ukraine.
EOPA has a Certificate in Public Leadership in partnership with the University of San Francisco. Students learn about the importance of emotional intelligence in public leadership to cyber security, body language, disinformation, how to film videos, debate energy security issues and much more.
Learn more here.
The Carmen Ramirez EOPA Scholarship: A trailblazing fighter with a huge heart, Carmen Ramirez was a California elected official. She was a selfless public servant, a lifelong advocate for disadvantaged people and our planet, and an incredibly effective organizer and leader who touched the lives of so many people she met. A Ventura County Supervisor and a true hero for her community, Carmen set the standard for courage in public leadership.
Learn about our Carmen Ramirez Scholarship program here.
Offshore wind has the potential to provide more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of electric energy in the United States — at least two times the present generation of the entire U.S. electric grid, according to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimate. The sheer size of the resource illustrates the critical contribution that offshore wind can make toward an energy system powered by 100% clean renewable energy.
It’s poised to become a $1 trillion industry by 2040, creating thousands of good-paying jobs, providing clean renewable energy, and spurring economic growth. E.O.P.A. fully supports the responsible buildout of offshore wind for America and sees it as a key energy security solution.
EOPA has letters for New York, New Jersey and California signed by elected officials in their respective states backing responsible offshore wind development
Events
EOPA holds summits, has regular press conferences, attends conferences and teaches. We bring elected officials together to learn about energy security solutions.
Through visual, value-based storytelling, E.O.P.A. investigates the dangers of global water security, as well as solutions open to communities across the globe. We have completed two short documentaries with more in production. Learn more.
Additionally we are training elected officials in value-based storytelling. For more view our educational programs and trainings here.
Veterans Protecting our environment
Committed to their constitutional oath, our EOPA veterans who are lawmakers protect our nation from the national security dangers of water insecurity. After years of dedicated service, many veterans have seen the dangers associated with water insecurity and are working to create lasting energy security solutions. Veterans who are elected officials continue to lead many of our efforts.
Equality through Education
We work with partners to ensure our value based story telling reaches a large audience.