Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) addresses the Road to the Green New Deal Tour final event at Howard University in Washington, on May 13. The Green New Deal, if there is to be one, won’t just be a resolution like the one introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and endorsed by most Democratic presidential candidates. Here are five legal principles that should guide it:1. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 required that the largest power plants deal with acid rain pollution by 1995. But the system of cooperative federalism, whereby the federal government establishes minimum standards and states figure out how to comply, works.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2019 10:00 UTC