Green New Deal Archives

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio holds up a copy of the One NYC 2050 plan as he speaks about the city's response to climate change at Hunter's Point South Park on April 22nd, 2019, in the Queens borough of New York City. The Climate Mobilization Act, which has been referred to as a Green New Deal for the city, passed the city council last Thursday. The legislation, which is part of a broader plan to reduce the city's carbon footprint, would require private building owners to cut their emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The One NYC 2050 report, released Monday, includes plans for how the city can meet that goal.

Viewfinder: Mayor Bill de Blasio Discusses New York City’s ‘Green New Deal’ on Earth Day

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the city's response to climate change at Hunter's Point South Park on April 22nd, 2019, in the Queens borough of New York City.

Pacific Standard Staff

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey hug each other as other Congressional Democrats look on during a news conference unveiling a Green New Deal resolution in front of the U.S. Capitol on February 7th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

‘This Can Serve as a North Star’: Greg Carlock Explains Why the Green New Deal Represents a New Era of Politics

Last September, Carlock wrote a draft of a Green New Deal—long before most people had even heard of the idea.

Sharon Zhang

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and and Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) speak on the Green New Deal.

What’s Next for the Green New Deal?

Republicans in Congress have criticized progressives' Green New Deal as an impractical, ludicrous, or even dangerous plan. What are they offering in its place?

Kate Wheeling

Ideas

Indigenous Knowledge Has Been Warning Us About Climate Change for Centuries

Nishnaabeg scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson explains why "green growth" isn't enough to save the planet.

Malcolm Harris

Cheeseburgers are seen during a picnic for military families hosted by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on July 4th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Democrats Are Not Trying to Take Away Your Hamburgers

The Green New Deal's advocates may not be coming down on meat, but if they did, they wouldn't be the first.

Emily Moon

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey speak during a press conference to announce their proposal of Green New Deal legislation, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on February 7th, 2019.

Ideas

Why the Social Policies in the Green New Deal Are Essential to Its Success

Green New Deal detractors argue that the economic policies in the plan are extraneous. They're wrong.

Sharon Zhang

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) celebrates along with other members of Congress during the first session of the 116th Congress on January 3rd, 2019.

Environment

Democrats and Republicans Support Clean and Renewable Energy, a New Survey Finds

There are important distinctions to make between the two when it comes to policy resolutions like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, however.

Kate Wheeling

Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hold a news conference to unveil their Green New Deal resolution.

Social Justice

How the Green New Deal Can Avoid Climate Colonialism

The initiative will not meet any definition of climate justice if it becomes the next chapter in a long history of U.S. industrial policies that have oppressed people.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Electric energy generating wind turbines are seen on a wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass area on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2016, near Palm Springs, California. San Gorgonio Pass is one of the largest wind farm areas in the United States.

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here’s What the Research Says.

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades, and their research can tell us a bit about what might happen should we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

Francie Diep