Detroiters March For Green New Deal Ahead Of Democratic Debate
5 years, 5 months ago

Detroiters March For Green New Deal Ahead Of Democratic Debate

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LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT ― Theresa Landrum survived her battle with cancer. Now the Green New Deal serves as the backbone of nearly all of the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates’ climate platforms. California Sen. Kamala Harris, the only candidate to bring up the Green New Deal in the first round of debates, co- “We’re not in a state where the differences between Democrats and Republicans are that radical” - Darryl Jordan, co-director of the East Michigan Environmental Action Council Climate change received a combined 15 minutes of airtime during last month’s debates in Miami ― woefully insufficient given the scope of the crisis, but significant progress for an issue that was virtually ignored in the 2016 election. Ahead of the march, musicians and activists took a makeshift stage in Cass Park, a historic green space where last month’s record heatwave left the grass crisp and brown, and led crowds chanting “build a new economy” and “invest in our community.” “The Green New Deal is a platform, an empty box. To Pamela Owens-Moore, a janitor and member of the SEIU’s executive board, said it’s up to unions to demand that a Green New Deal is “the best deal.” Advertisement

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What is the Green New Deal and how does Biden’s climate plan compare?
3 years, 2 months ago

What is the Green New Deal and how does Biden’s climate plan compare?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Just weeks after the 2020 US election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive members of “the …

AOC, Democrats relaunch ‘Green New Deal’ before climate summit
3 years, 8 months ago

AOC, Democrats relaunch ‘Green New Deal’ before climate summit

Al Jazeera  

Initially introduced in 2019, the non-binding Green New Deal seeks to eliminate US greenhouse gas emissions within a decade and transition the economy away from fossil fuels. Democratic United States legislators, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, reintroduced their “Green New Deal” resolution on Tuesday, a set of aggressive climate goals intended to transform the US economy. Biden, …

Ocasio-Cortez Sees Green New Deal Progress In Biden Plan, But 'It's Not Enough'
3 years, 9 months ago

Ocasio-Cortez Sees Green New Deal Progress In Biden Plan, But 'It's Not Enough'

NPR  

Ocasio-Cortez Sees Green New Deal Progress In Biden Plan, But 'It's Not Enough' Enlarge this image toggle caption Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a blunt initial response to the prospect of a new, climate-focused infrastructure package weighing in at around $2 trillion. Her comments mirror the tension …

Progressives Gear Up For Broad New Push On Climate Action
3 years, 11 months ago

Progressives Gear Up For Broad New Push On Climate Action

NPR  

Progressives Gear Up For Broad New Push On Climate Action Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Vogel/AP Richard Vogel/AP A coalition of progressive groups say they are organizing a sweeping network to mobilize around climate change, racial and environmental justice, making a new unified push as President-elect Joe Biden is days away from taking office with Democrats set to control …

Texas Is The Next Battleground For The Green New Deal
4 years, 10 months ago

Texas Is The Next Battleground For The Green New Deal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sunrise Movement, the youth campaign behind the Green New Deal, called 25,000 Iowans and persuaded 7,000 to sign pledges to vote for the candidate who advocated the most ambitious plan for rapidly lowering planet-heating emissions along with guaranteeing federal jobs to displaced workers. Then, in the coming weeks, Sunrise Movement is sending its army of canvassers to …

Green New Deal Author Wants To Expand Anti-Corruption Laws To Cover Climate
5 years, 1 month ago

Green New Deal Author Wants To Expand Anti-Corruption Laws To Cover Climate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Ed Markey has proposed new legislation to make it easier to sanction foreign companies and individuals responsible for planet-heating pollution or human rights abuses against environmentalists. “This legislation would bring us closer to a complete U.S. global strategy that matches the magnitude of the climate crisis.” The bill includes measures aimed at reversing the Trump administration’s …

Climate Issues: Where 2020 Democrats Stand On The Green New Deal And More
5 years, 3 months ago

Climate Issues: Where 2020 Democrats Stand On The Green New Deal And More

NPR  

Climate Issues: Where 2020 Democrats Stand On The Green New Deal And More Enlarge this image Photo illustration: Getty Images and Renee Klahr/NPR Photo illustration: Getty Images and Renee Klahr/NPR Editor's Note on April 8, 2020: With the Democratic primary now down to one candidate, we're no longer updating the below graphic. Climate change — or, more precisely, fighting climate …

Bernie Sanders has a Green New Deal. Ocasio-Cortez has one. Garcetti too. Here’s how they compare
5 years, 4 months ago

Bernie Sanders has a Green New Deal. Ocasio-Cortez has one. Garcetti too. Here’s how they compare

LA Times  

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announced an ambitious plan on Thursday to tackle threats facing the country from global warming. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday became the latest politician to announce an ambitious plan to tackle a looming climate crisis under the “Green New Deal” label. The Sierra Club, a leading environmental group, describes a Green New Deal as …

Green New Deal Picks Up 2 Major Union Endorsements As Labor Support Grows
5 years, 7 months ago

Green New Deal Picks Up 2 Major Union Endorsements As Labor Support Grows

Huff Post  

Nurses work during the devastating Camp fire that blazed in California last November. ASSOCIATED PRESS The Green New Deal picked up its second major union endorsement this week, highlighting growing support from labor leaders just as a new poll shows a majority of union workers back the movement. Unions may seem like a shoo-in constituency for a policy that, in …

Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split
5 years, 7 months ago

Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The climate change activists who vaulted the Green New Deal to prominence in the 2020 presidential campaign got what they wanted this week: a Democratic front-runner moving straight in their direction. In less than a half-year, the Green New Deal has become a rallying cry for liberal Democrats, intensifying the focus on climate change by the party’s base …

Republican Efforts To Counter Green New Deal Show How Far Climate Debate Has Shifted
5 years, 9 months ago

Republican Efforts To Counter Green New Deal Show How Far Climate Debate Has Shifted

Huff Post  

Two take steps forward. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is a close ally of President Donald Trump and who in the last Congress proposed a bill to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, drafted a nonbinding resolution staking out a Green Real Deal that would acknowledge the threat climate change poses to “human health and safety” in “communities across the United States.” …

What is the Green New Deal? Explaining the climate proposal
5 years, 9 months ago

What is the Green New Deal? Explaining the climate proposal

Al Jazeera  

Some Democrats want a Green New Deal that Republicans strongly oppose. The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a proposal to take up the Green New Deal in a vote Democrats called a “sham” and a “stunt”. Ed Markey, the Green New Deal’s main sponsor in the Senate, said mocking climate change is “shameful”. The Green New Deal cites UN and …

Planet savior or horror show? Green New Deal inflames debate
5 years, 9 months ago

Planet savior or horror show? Green New Deal inflames debate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To Democratic supporters, the Green New Deal is a touchstone, a call to arms to combat climate change with the full measure of the nation’s resources and technological might. “Leader McConnell thinks the Green New Deal is just a resolution, but the Green New Deal is a revolution,” said Markey. “The Green New Deal has struck a powerful …

Planet savior or horror show? Green New Deal inflames debate
5 years, 9 months ago

Planet savior or horror show? Green New Deal inflames debate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To Democratic supporters, the Green New Deal is a touchstone, a call to arms to combat climate change with the full measure of the nation’s resources and technological might. “Leader McConnell thinks the Green New Deal is just a resolution, but the Green New Deal is a revolution,” said Markey. “The Green New Deal has struck a powerful …

The Green New Deal Debate Is Coming To A Town Hall Near You
5 years, 9 months ago

The Green New Deal Debate Is Coming To A Town Hall Near You

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Green New Dealers are going local. Sunrise Movement, the youth-focused climate justice nonprofit whose protests late last year helped spawn the Green New Deal, is planning to expand its upcoming 14-stop tour of the United States into a nationwide campaign with roughly 100 town hall meetings organized by its swelling ranks of local chapters, the group …

Green New Deal Activists Shift Focus To Vulnerable Republicans Ahead Of Senate Vote
5 years, 10 months ago

Green New Deal Activists Shift Focus To Vulnerable Republicans Ahead Of Senate Vote

Huff Post  

Sen. Susan Collins is among the vulnerable lawmakers Sunrise Movement activists hope to pressure into supporting a Green New Deal. Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images Last November, young activists wielding yellow signs calling for dramatic climate action and clean-energy jobs occupied Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office, demanding top Democrats champion a Green New Deal. “Mitch McConnell is going to …

McConnell Trolls Democrats By Pledging A Vote On The Green New Deal
5 years, 10 months ago

McConnell Trolls Democrats By Pledging A Vote On The Green New Deal

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised on Tuesday that he would allow a vote on the Green New Deal, the climate and energy proposal advanced by progressives that is meant to address the threat of climate change. The Green New Deal resolution unveiled last Thursday is a nonbinding measure meant to define the scope of …

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