A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute puts forth a proposal to boost equity while lowering carbon emissions. Shouvik Chakraborty, an author of the report, explains Story Transcript DHARNA NOOR: It’s The Real News. I’m Dharna Noor. India is home to over 1.3 billion people. It’s the most populous country in the world. […]
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Uniting For A Green New Deal
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance. Support is growing in the United States for a Green New Deal. Though there are competing visions for what that looks like, essentially, a Green New Deal includes a rapid transition to a clean energy economy, a jobs program and a stronger social safety net. We […]
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How Can We Design a Green New Deal?
1,400 people gathered to discuss how to build infrastructure—and movements—that support decarbonization and equity. We spoke to one of the event’s hosts, Daniel Aldana Cohen. Story Transcript This story was produced as a part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. DANIEL ALDANA […]
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10,000 Farmers and Ranchers Call on Congress to Pass Green New Deal
A diverse coalition of trees and ranchers, organized by the Sunrise Movement and Regeneration International, presented a letter to Congress, urging passage of a Green New Deal Story Transcript GREG WILPERT: Representatives of a national coalition of 10,000 U.S. farmers and ranchers announced the delivery of a letter to Congress in support of the Green […]
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A Green New Deal for Public Housing Is Key to a Carbon-Free Future
One of the architects of GND for Housing and an organizer from US Gulf communities talk about the politically transformative movement that could unite the working class and help build the Green New Deal. Story Transcript MARC STEINER: Welcome to The Real News. I’m Marc Steiner. Great to have you all with us once again. […]
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Laura Flanders Show: Naomi Klein on the Case for a Green New Deal
In this episode of the Laura Flanders Show, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses her new book, On Fire, in which she argues that addressing the climate crisis requires more than simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Through a series of essays, Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and […]
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New Republic Gives Green Party Credit For The Green New Deal
By Kevin Zeese / Howie Hawkins Announces He Is Building An Exploratory Committee This week, the New Republic published, Will the Democrats Kill the Green Party by Stealing Its Best Idea? The article asks: now that the Democrats are making the Green New Deal a central issue in the 2020 election cycle and they are becoming socialist, is there any need […]
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is Here
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced a nonbinding resolution to rapidly decarbonize the economy and create millions of jobs
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Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal?
The Sunrise Movement’s Baltimore hub held a town hall on how a federal Green New Deal could help Baltimore—especially Baltimore’s most vulnerable residents Story Transcript Photo credit: Ryan Harvey DHARNA NOOR: It’s The Real News. I’m Dharna Noor. Over 100 people gathered at the War Memorial Building on Tuesday to take up the question: What […]
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A Positive Vision For What The Green New Deal Could Be
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance. We interviewed Dahr Jamail about his new book, “The End of Ice,” for our podcast, Clearing the FOG, this week. It will be available Monday. Jamail describes the grim reality of human-caused climate distortion. The bottom line is: It is here. It is accelerating. We need to […]
