The Case For The Green New Deal

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains Why The Green New Deal Is About More Than Climate

Author: "Climate Change Is Not One Issue"

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez UNVEILS Green New Deal

Ocasio-Cortez & Markey Unveil Sweeping “Green New Deal” to Radically Shift U.S. Off Fossil Fuels

When It Comes to Job Creation, Renewable Energy Outshines Fossil Fuels

Clean Air, Safe Communities, and Good Jobs? It’s Ours If We Want It. | Common Dreams

Clean Air, Safe Communities, and Good Jobs? It’s Ours If We Want It. | Common Dreams
"The challenges our country faces have never been more daunting. With nearly 50 million Americans struggling just to get by, it’s time to take a different economic route.  And the way forward begins with finding common ground and a path that will benefit all of us—not just a few.

We can do it by investing in clean energy innovation, green infrastructure, and community resilience. We can stand up to big polluters—and stand up for our vulnerable neighbors. Together, we can restore American leadership and create a healthier, brighter, more prosperous future for all of our children and grandchildren."

Kansas Legislature Rejects Koch-Backed Effort To Chip Away At Renewable Energy Standards

Kansas Legislature Rejects Koch-Backed Effort To Chip Away At Renewable Energy Standards: The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that twin votes in Kansas State House and Senate on Thursday put the kibosh on legislative efforts to roll back and delay Kansas’ renewable energy standard (RES). Passed in 2009, Kansas’ RES requires investor-owned utilities to generate 20 percent of peak demand electrical capacity from renewable sources by 2020. The American [...]/p

Wind, Solar, Biomass Provide All New U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity In January 2013

Wind, Solar, Biomass Provide All New U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity In January 2013: By Kenneth Bossong According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, 1,231 MW of new in-service electrical generating capacity came on line in the United States in January 2013 — all from wind, solar, and biomass sources. This represents a nearly three-fold increase in new [...]/p

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams
"As our country is devastated by more and more severe droughts, floods, fires, and superstorms, the public is demanding regulation of the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change.  The corporations that profit from coal, oil, and gas fear such regulation will reduce their profits and the value of their investments.  They and their political mouthpieces have a solution, however: persuade the public that regulation of greenhouse gasses will destroy American jobs.  The truth?  Climate change is destroying American jobs right now — but climate protection will produce millions of new jobs.  Here’s why."

This is What Global Warming Looks Like

Conservative Folly: How the Right's War on Renewable Energy Could Doom Red States | Alternet

Conservative Folly: How the Right's War on Renewable Energy Could Doom Red States | Alternet
"Right-wing groups are doing everyone a disservice by bashing renewables, but GOP strongholds may have the most to lose."

Time to Take Notice: How Renewable Energy Is Becoming Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels | Alternet

Time to Take Notice: How Renewable Energy Is Becoming Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels | Alternet
"This is why we need to throw everything we have at making renewable energies our primary way of powering America into the 21st century."

How a Country With One of the World's Largest Economies Is Ditching Fossil Fuels | Alternet

How a Country With One of the World's Largest Economies Is Ditching Fossil Fuels | Alternet
"The country is headed for 80 percent renewable energy and has complete buy-in from all political parties."

Green ‘sequester’ is already costing U.S. jobs: Job losses from ongoing clean-tech cuts will rival those from defense cuts | Economic Policy Institute

Green ‘sequester’ is already costing U.S. jobs: Job losses from ongoing clean-tech cuts will rival those from defense cuts | Economic Policy Institute
"Besides being a particularly good form of fiscal support to create jobs, the federal commitment to clean technology is likely to have beneficial long-run impacts if it is sustained. Many studies agree that there are hundreds of billions of dollars in high-return investments in clean technology that are currently not being made because of a range of market failures (Bivens 2012). Federal support for this technology can help alleviate these market failures. The most compelling reason to undertake aggressive federal support for clean technology is, of course, the threat of global climate change caused by the emission of greenhouse gases."