Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez unveils bold plan to fight climate change

Blueprint for a carbon-neutral economy has been embraced by prominent Democrats and evokes FDR's famous legacyAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez is releasing a broad outline of a vision for the Green New Deal, a plan to battle economic and racial injustice while also fighting climate change.The new congresswoman's blueprint, to be made public today, does not set a date for phasing out fossil fuels. But it does aim to develop a carbon-neutral economy in 10 years, which would require huge strides in reducing the US's reliance on oil and gas and coal. Specifically, the resolution says it is the duty of the federal government to craft a Green New Deal "to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions". That includes getting all power from "clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources". Continue reading...