Sanders’s Green New Deal Is a Global Disaster
Green jobs in the U.S. are nice, but won’t get India and other big emitters off a carbon-intensive development path.
Not if you want to fight global climate change.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaAs Donald Trump left India after a largely unsuccessful visit last week, Senator Bernie Sanders, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, expressed himself on the subject with his accustomed vehemence. “Instead of selling $3 billion in weapons to enrich Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed, the United States should be partnering with India to fight climate change,” he tweeted. Sanders added: “We can work together to cut air pollution, create good renewable energy jobs, and save our planet.”
Two parts of this tweet deserve attention. We can dispose of the first quickly: By the standards of international defense deals, $3 billion is not a lot, and the U.S. defense industry continues to view India as a missed opportunity. Sanders is turning a fairly low-key sale into something that looks like an unusual, and personal, achievement for Trump.