• Politics

Elizabeth Warren’s Contribution to Dems: Policies Like Her Latest On Wall Street and Climate

• climate change
• Elizabeth Warren
• Green New Deal

With Senator Elizabeth Warren exiting the Presidential race yesterday on the eve of the International Day of the Woman, we wanted to pay homage to her huge policy contribution to the Democratic contest with an impressive array of proposals, not the least of which dealt with climate change and the environment. 

Why This Matters:  Senator Warren’s numerous plans on climate and environment are both detailed and progressive but also achievable.  That is a tough needle to thread.

• Green Finance

Top Stories of 2019: The Green New Deal

• 2020
• GND
• Green New Deal

Top Stories of 2019: This past February the announcement of the Green New Deal resolution sent reverberations throughout Capitol Hill as well as the nation. Suddenly, climate change became a major component of our political discourse.

• Green Finance

The European Union Moving Forward on a “Green Deal”

• Environmental Justice
• Green Deal
• Green New Deal
• pollution

Last week, as the UN Climate Meeting lurched and sputtered, the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen of Germany,  proposed the European “Green Deal” — a blueprint for how Europe will cut their carbon emissions in half by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, aiming to be a first-mover on creating climate-friendly industries and building clean technologies.  

Why This Matters:  Countries that seize the moment to transition to a fossil-fuel-free economy will win this century, and those that do not will be left behind.

• Climate Change

EU To Pass Europe-Wide Climate Law, But Will Miss Current Emission Reduction Goals

• #climatecrisis
• climate change
• Green New Deal
• Paris Agreement

In a report published on Wednesday, the European Environment Agency said that Europe’s progress towards cutting greenhouse-gas emissions and boosting the share of renewables in the energy mix is not happening quickly enough and as a result, the EU will miss its goals.  Moreover, the EU can expect to confront heat waves that are more severe than recent record-breaking events every two years from 2050 on, The Telegraph reported.

Why This Matters:  The EU considers itself a climate leader globally and so missing these targets is a big deal.

• Green Finance

One of the Largest Banks in the World Will Stop Fossil Fuel Lending in by 2022

• climate change
• European Investment Bank
• fossil fuels
• Green New Deal

The European Investment Bank (EIB) in what some called a “game-changer” announced at the end of last week that it will phase out funding for fossil fuel projects by the end of 2021, dealing a major blow to oil and gas companies.  Instead, according to The Wall Street Journal, the bank will “use €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) for climate-change action and environmentally sustainable investment by 2030 and help the EU reach 32% renewable energy across the bloc by 2030.”

Why This Matters:  We can think of 1.1 trillion reasons.  And this policy covers ALL fossil fuels including traditional natural gas projects.

• Green Finance

Bernie Sanders and AOC Release a Green New Plan for Public Housing

• AOC
• Bernie Sanders
• Green New Deal
• public housing

Yesterday Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that they plan to introduce the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, legislation that would give a green overhaul to the entirety of the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units.