Climate Changed
Ocasio-Cortez Unveils Green New Deal to Reset Climate Policy
- Plan envisions 100 percent clean energy, no nuclear power
- Critics question feasability, cost of achieving zero emissions
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a sweeping package of environmental measures Thursday that has pitted progressives in the House Democratic caucus against moderates over how far to go in pursuit of resetting the climate change debate.
The , which have come to be known as the Green New Deal, were crafted in conjunction with Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts. Their plan envisions shifting away from fossil fuels and other sources of emissions that cause global warming within 10 years.