Green New Deal June 2, 2019 AOC's Green New Deal could have Dems facing blue-collar backlash at polls, some say California knows about fault lines. And political observers in the Golden State say the Democrats’ proposed Green New Deal may be a fault line that splits the party’s support – in California and elsewhere.
OPINION May 27, 2019 Daniel Turner: Stealth AOC ‘Green New Deal’ now the law in New Mexico, voters be damned And that’s exactly how radical green groups want it.
OPINION May 23, 2019 Ben Lieberman: There's a new addition to the list of enemies of the planet -- buildings (yes, buildings!) Environmentalists and their friends in Congress dislike an ever-expanding list of materials and industries American families rely on. Now there’s a new addition to the list of enemies of the planet: buildings.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May 23, 2019 AOC says only a 'sea sponge' would believe her '12 years' doomsday remark, but most Dems bought it Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that the world will “end in 12 years” unless climate change is tackled was accepted as a fact by two-thirds of Democrats, even though she said herself that only those with the “social intelligence of a sea sponge” could actually believe it.
Green New Deal May 22, 2019 House GOP resolution blasts 'Green New Deal' as violating nation's 'bedrock principles' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's, D-N.Y., Green New Deal is a "thinly veiled" attempt to create a socialist society, a resolution pushed by the Republican Study Committee said.
OPINION May 22, 2019 Reuben Franco: California's GND experience reveals that workers, minorities suffer most from Dems’ plan California’s experience – now being replicated on the national level with the Green New Deal – could signal the Democrats’ drift toward ambitious dreams and away from the day-to-day challenges of working families and people at the margins of the economy, especially people of color.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May 21, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez says growing cauliflower in community gardens is 'colonial' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that growing cauliflower in community gardens is part of the “colonial” attitudes that her Green New Deal will stamp out.
2020 Presidential Election May 16, 2019 Inslee unveils $9 trillion plan to battle climate change Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging plan he says would combat climate change by shifting the U.S. from dependence on fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Green New Deal May 14, 2019 Trump says Green New Deal 'might be a bigger hoax' than Russia probe President Donald Trump took aim at the Green new Deal on Tuesday during a speech to energy industry workers, saying the proposal to fight climate change “might be a bigger hoax” than the investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections.
2020 Presidential Election May 14, 2019 Biden defends his climate record after Ocasio-Cortez criticism, tells critics to ‘calm down’ Joe Biden is pushing back against criticism by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that he’s “middle of the road” when it comes to tackling climate change.
Green New Deal May 14, 2019 Green New Deal 'unworkable, unaffordable and unpopular': Sen. John Barrasso Sen. John Barrasso, R, WY, slammed the Green New Deal during an interview on Tuesday just a day after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders hosted a rally in support of the bill's lofty environmental goals.