green new deal

"It's called the Green New Deal. It envisions a carbon-zero economy by the middle of the century and a transformation of the American economy and, indeed, society. Some people call it a socialist monster; some people call it our only hope for survival in the way of life we hold dear." That was how Chris Hayes introduced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to ever represent a district in the United States Congress, at the beginning of their Bronx town hall on the Green New Deal Friday evening.

Ed Markey's Tuesday night appearance with Chris Hayes was a pretty high energy explanation of the urgency of the Green New Deal-- in contrast to the Republican response to looming Climate Catastrophe. Earlier in the day, McTurtle had called a foolish stunt-vote. All the Democrats voted "present," other than 3 conservatives (+ Maine independent Angus King) who voted with the GOP for a meaningless 57-0 outcome.

All Senate Democrats abandoned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' radical Green New Deal that was written by her team of 'Justice Democrats' advisors. The GND aims to shut down the economy, retrofit every building in America, and eliminate personal vehicles and air travel.

Pramila Jayapal and Eric Swalwell are both sponsors of Medicare For All and the Green New Deal.

As alarm bells sound over the advancing destruction of the environment, a variety of Green New Deal proposals have appeared in the US and Europe, along with some interesting academic debates about how to fund them. Monetary policy, normally relegated to obscure academic tomes and bureaucratic meetings behind closed doors, has suddenly taken center stage.

As alarm bells sound over the advancing destruction of the environment, a variety of Green New Deal proposals have appeared in the US and Europe, along with some interesting academic debates about how to fund them. Monetary policy, normally relegated to obscure academic tomes and bureaucratic meetings behind closed doors, has suddenly taken center stage. […]

The Green New Deal bill is an audacious 10-year mobilization plan to move the U.S. to a zero-carbon economy. Bold and ambitious interventions like it are necessary, in the U.S. and elsewhere, if we are to unsettle the current complacency with climate breakdown. Academics like economist Robert Pollin, who kept alive the idea of a Green New Deal in the past years and[Read More...]

Ever since out first ancestor lit a fire, humans have been pumping CO2 into the atmosphere.  Add to that the first herder because ruminants are another large emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG). Some people want to declare a national emergency and ban fossil fuels within ten years.  How?   I am for it and all ready to go.  But please[Read More...]

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Kamala Harris, while campaigning, said that she is looking to alter "human behavior" with regard to implementing drastic changes to cut global warming by eliminating fossil fuels. Changing human behavior is the opposite of freedom.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' mother, Blanca, left the liberal state of New York because she could not afford the high property tax while her daughter is pushing to massively raise taxes to implement her Green New Deal that would cost tens of trillions of dollars and would break the country.