THE LIGHTBULBSupporters of Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposed select committee on a "Green New Deal" rally outside the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). In only a few months, the notion of a “Green New Deal” has earned the support of not just a few dozen Democrats in Congress. A year later, the United Nations Environment Programme picked up on the phrase when outlining a “Global Green New Deal” for reducing greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing economic development. So far, at least 40 members of Congress have endorsed the idea of a Green New Deal. ), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote a New York Times op-ed calling for the nation to limit carbon emissions by building more next-generation nuclear reactors and honing carbon-capture technology — not by taxing carbon emissions as some Republicans are proposing to do.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2018 14:03 UTC