Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez unveils bold plan to fight climate change
by Emily Holden and Lauren Gambino in Washington from on (#48MT0)
Blueprint for a carbon-neutral economy has been embraced by prominent Democrats and evokes FDR's famous legacy
Alexandria 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, co-introduced by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, aims to develop a carbon-neutral economy in 10 years, which would require huge strides in reducing the US's reliance on oil, gas and coal. It does not set a date for ending the use of fossil fuels.
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