July 24, 2019
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July 17, 2019
Green New Deal Picks Up Important Christian Endorsements
The Green New Deal has been labeled as an ultra-liberal (even socialist) policy proposal that has no shot of winning over voters in more conservative districts. However, in the past week, the resolution has picked up three important Christian endorsements. As the...June 12, 2019
SEIU Comes out to Support Green New Deal, Will Other Unions Follow?
Late last week the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers, passed a resolution in support of the Green New Deal. This is significant because SEIU is the first national union to officially endorse the draft...June 3, 2019
Old People Need More Energy, While GND Fires Up Young People
The New York Times reported on a new study published last week that found that older people are “significant contributors” to climate change because energy consumption increases with a person’s age, but also have experienced observable climate...May 22, 2019
The Green New Deal Gets Some Infrastructure
Yesterday, the outline of the Green New Deal (GND) was filled in a bit more when Senator Ed Markey, the lead GND sponsor in the Senate, released an infrastructure white paper for a “green and climate-friendly infrastructure legislative package” because...May 14, 2019
AOC Headlines Sold Out Sunrise Movement GND Rally In DC
The Sunrise Movement held its biggest and highest profile event yet on its Green New Deal (GND) tour, packing the house at Howard University in Washington, with appearances by its high profile backers Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, the...April 30, 2019
Los Angeles Mayor Pledges Green New Deal for the City
It was Green Day in California on Monday because, in addition to Beto O’Roarke’s climate policy rollout, the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, announced a Green New Deal for Los Angeles — a bold plan to deal with carbon emissions in the city, with...April 28, 2019
Spain Says Sí to Green New Deal
Spain held Parliamentary elections yesterday, and though no party won a majority, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, or PSOE, and current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will win the largest percentage of the vote running on a progressive platform, of which an...April 18, 2019
Is This the Beginning of the Green New Deal Era? The Climate Security Era? Or Both?
The debate around climate change is increasingly falling into two lines of argument — one around the Green New Deal and the economy and another around climate change as an existential threat to our national security. Senator Ed Markey argued in a Boston Globe...April 12, 2019