The Green New Deal, which is a congressional resolution without the force of legislation, calls for a “10-year national mobilization” to make the United States carbon-neutral across the economy.

The term “Green New Deal” traces its roots to columnist Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times, who dedicated two 2007 pieces to American reliance on foreign oil — which he suggested was ...

The Green New Deal caps American emissions, but it won’t persuade developing nations to do the same. If we want poorer countries to industrialize without carbon, we’ll need to pay them.

Here's an explanation of the Green New Deal and how likely it is to pass in Congress. Question: How did the Green New Deal get its name? Answer: The phrase itself goes back to 2007, when columnist ...

Regardless, it is inconceivable that Americans won't be talking about a Green New Deal in 2020 — and so it is instructive to understand exactly what a "Green New Deal" actually represents. 1.

The Green New Deal is an economic stimulus concept designed to tackle income inequality and climate change. It’s modeled after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal package of public ...

The Green New Deal, he said, is a set of ambitions, not policies, and how much things cost will depend on what the policies are. “You can’t use policy analysis if you don’t have policy ...

I support a Green New Deal. Climate change is an existential threat to all of us, and we have got to deal with the reality of it. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 29, 2019 The need is ...

The Green New Deal, championed by progressives like freshmen New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is currently a nonbinding resolution.

Today’s Green New Deal, as outlined in the congressional resolution cosponsored by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey in early 2019, is more an ambitious statement of ...

The Green New Deal would also unfold in an America very different from the one of the original New Deal. "When FDR launched the New Deal, the unemployment rate was over 20 percent," Brands ...

New York just became the first US state to pass a major Green New Deal policy. After four years of organizing, the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA) is now in the New York state budget.