Ocasio-Cortez unveils her ‘Green New Deal’

Published February 7, 2019 1:09pm ET



Democrats introduced a “Green New Deal” resolution Thursday that calls for a dramatic shift in the nation’s energy system to fight climate change.

The nonbinding resolution, introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., contains many of the same core tenets promised by progressives eager to push Democrats further to the left on climate policy heading into the 2020 presidential election.

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