What is the Green New Deal? | Just The FAQs

The Green New Deal has its share of supporters and critics, but the often-misunderstood plan is just the start of environmental politics. We explain.

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has released a $16.3 trillion climate plan that builds on the Green New Deal and calls for the United States to move to renewable energy across the economy by 2050 and declare climate change a national emergency.

While the Vermont senator had already endorsed the sweeping Democratic proposal to combat climate change and had teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on climate legislation, Sanders' climate plan provides the most detail yet on how he envisions the climate change moonshot taking shape if he is elected president.

Sanders describes his plan as a "ten-year, nationwide mobilization centered on equity and humanity" that would create 20 million new jobs. The Green New Deal resolution, which Ocasio-Cortez put forth with Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, calls on the nation to eliminate its carbon footprint by 2030 and to shift away from fossil fuels such as oil and coal and replace them with renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.

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[williampatrie]

This woman makes Dan Quayle, look like Albert Einstein. 😅😀

[petersanmiguel]

Stop the embargo on American oil and gas!!

[ppronny]

The green new deal is a monopoly deal A super trust of bankers big business and wall street sold to the public as must do To enrich themselves beyond their wildest dreams
Who is really promoting the Green new deal.

[gfxfilms]

" Most scientists "... what scientists? Bill Neigh isn't a scientist. Even if he were, he's not most.

[akassbb]

If the economic outcome of reducing the viability of human life across the earth is a profit, does this video consider it preferable to maintaining the viability of human life? More directly, why is money the only consideration addressed in this video? Have we confused the idea that since most people use money to meet life-related needs that we can regenerate life itself simply by spending money (i.e., numbers in a network of computers)? How are we going to recover what will be lost for the sake of profits if we use money as our only consideration?

[coocoolefool]

Isn't it amazing that the nice little wikipedia "climate change" definition pop up doesn't show up on leftist main stream media videos? Boy, us non- leftists must need edjumacation

[donovanchan]

BOO. MAGA 2020 cue angry dems coming in at 3 2 1...

[justinpace]

Scientists actually said that the environmemt isnt in danger

[Jdhdisiosomf]

We need to halt climate change but the green new deal is a stretch. I say let the cows fart for a while.

[themaltesesailor]

The anger at an explanation article is hilarious. Conservatives are a joke.