Back in 2007, I wrote a column calling for a ″Green New Deal,″ and I later expanded on the idea in a book, ″Hot, Flat and Crowded.″ Barack Obama picked up the theme and made a Green New Deal part of his 2008 platform, but the idea just never took off. So I’m excited that the new Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others have put forward their own takes on a Green New Deal, and it’s now getting some real attention.
The Green New Deal that Ocasio-Cortez has laid out aspires to power the U.S. economy with 100 percent renewable […]
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