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The Facts on the ‘Green New Deal’

  

Category:  Environment/Climate

Via:  don-overton  •  5 years ago  •  0 comments

The Facts on the ‘Green New Deal’
Here we explain what the Green New Deal includes — and doesn’t — and why there is confusion over some of the content.

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On Feb. 7, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced her Green New Deal in  the House  and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced a companion resolution in  the Senate .

SciCHECKsquare_4-e1430162915812.png The text of the legislation, which is a  nonbinding resolution , lays out a broad vision for how the country might tackle climate change over the next decade, while creating high-paying jobs and protecting vulnerable communities.

Unlike a bill, this type of legislation is not presented to the president and cannot become law. Even if the Green New Deal passed in one or both chambers of Congress, separate legislation would have to be introduced to make any of the resolution’s goals a reality.

Much of the response to the proposal has focused on details that don’t appear in the resolution text. President Donald Trump, for example, suggested on Feb. 9 in a  tweet  that the plan would “permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military.


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