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    Kamala Harris Becomes Latest 2020 Dem to Support a Green New Deal

    Kamala Harris Becomes Latest 2020 Dem to Support a Green New Deal

    Kamala Harris on Monday became the latest Democratic presidential contender to back a Green New Deal, in what has become a “litmus test” for 2020 hopefuls, according to the youth-led Sunrise Movement that helped launch the ambitious economic and climate proposal. “I support a Green New Deal and I will tell you why,” the California […]

    A Call for the Food Movement to Rally Behind the Green New Deal

    A Call for the Food Movement to Rally Behind the Green New Deal

    By Ronnie Cummins “The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or the Marshall Plan … Half measures will not work … The time for slow and incremental efforts has long past [sic].” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then-candidate for the U.S. House of […]

    Could a Green New Deal Boost the Farm and Food Justice Movement?

    Could a Green New Deal Boost the Farm and Food Justice Movement?

    By Eric Holt-Giménez Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15 million Americans out of work. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the New Deal with sweeping national programs for work, agriculture, food, and land conservation. Today, the plan for a Green New Deal […]

    Are Democratic Party Leaders Shying Away From a Green New Deal?

    Are Democratic Party Leaders Shying Away From a Green New Deal?

    Congressional Democratic leaders have tapped Florida Representative Kathy Castor to chair a renewed climate change committee, the congresswoman confirmed to E&E News Thursday, dampening the hopes of activists and progressive Democrats that the committee would focus on drafting a Green New Deal to provide jobs while transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy in 10 years. […]

    81% of Voters Support a Green New Deal, Survey Finds

    81% of Voters Support a Green New Deal, Survey Finds

    It’s been little over a month since newly-elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez joined some 200 young climate activists for a sit-in in likely future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to demand that Democrats back a Green New Deal, a plan to transform the U.S. energy economy in order to stave off climate change and promote […]

    Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Proposal Now Backed by 15 House Democrats

    Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Proposal Now Backed by 15 House Democrats

    Calls for a Green New Deal are gaining traction in the two short weeks after the young climate activists of the Sunrise Movement and Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stormed Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol Hill office. Fifteen members of Congress have now backed Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to establish a “select committee” in the House of Representatives […]