It’s hard to know what to make of the “Green New Deal” put forward last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Sen. Edward Markey (D., Mass.). The pair’s nonbinding resolution calls for, among many other things, a 10-year plan to meet “100 percent of the power demand of the United States through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources,” and to upgrade “all existing buildings in the United States . to achieve maximum energy efficiency, water efficiency, safety, affordability, comfort, and durability.” It also aims to “promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 10, 2019 20:03 UTC