Spain Says Sí to Green New Deal

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...

Is This the Beginning of the Green New Deal Era? The Climate Security Era? Or Both?

Green New Deal

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...

Making the Green New Deal Real

Green New Deal

By Monica Medina The hearing this week before the House Reform and Oversight Committee on the national security implications of climate change was an eye-opener.  The goal of the hearing was to be non-partisan, with one Republican and one Democrat witness – both...

Democrats won’t be trolled over the Green New Deal, despite McConnell’s efforts

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In an effort to put Senate Democrats on the record regarding their support for the Green New Deal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a procedural vote on the resolution yesterday, and for the most part, Democrats didn’t take the bait. As Vox reported,...

A Climate Action Alternative To the Green New Deal

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Democratic Congressman Paul Tonko of New York laid out his vision for a climate action plan that is an alternative to the Green New Deal — one that he hopes will appeal to a wider segment of the American public, including Republicans. Representative Tonko said...