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Green New Deal

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What is the 'Green New Deal?'

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The Green New Deal: fixing climate and the economy?

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President Trump blasts 'Green New Deal'

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AOC Reintroduces Green New Deal: ‘Our Movement Towards A Sustainable Future’ | NBC News NOW

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'People Are Dying:' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defends Green New Deal | NBC News

The Green New Deal (GND) is a proposed stimulus program that aims to address climate change and economic inequality. The name refers to the New Deal, a set of social and economic reforms and public works projects undertaken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. The Green New Deal combines Roosevelt's economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency.
    • History 

    • Proposals to include the Green New Deal in recovery program from COVID-19 

    • Environmental justice 

    • Australia 

    • European Union 

    • South Korea 

    • United Kingdom 

    • Early efforts 

    • Background 

    • Green New Deal Resolution 

    • House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis 

    • January 2019 letter to Congress from environmental groups 

    • Criticism 

    • Supporters 

    • Detractors 

    • Legislative outcome 

    • 2020 Presidential Campaign 

    • The Biden climate plan 

    • 2021 reintroduction 

    • International 

    • Green New Deal proposal in 116th Congress