To Solve Multiple Crises at Once, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil 'Green New Deal for

[Uncle Joe]

Public Housing'

Framing the climate crisis as both an existential threat and a "tremendous opportunity" to fundamentally transform American society, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday unveiled a Green New Deal for Public Housing that would eliminate carbon emissions from federal housing, invest $180 billion over ten years in retrofitting and repairs, and create nearly 250,000 decent-paying union jobs per year.

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The 54-page Green New Deal for Public Housing Act (pdf), which Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will introduce at a press conference Thursday afternoon, was co-sponsored in the Senate by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and endorsed by more than 50 climate and affordable housing organizations.

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According to a Data for Progress analysis released Thursday, the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act "would retrofit over 1 million public housing units, vastly improving the living conditions of nearly 2 million residents and creating over 240,000 jobs per year across the United States."

"These green retrofits would cut 5.6 million tons of annual carbon emissions—the equivalent of taking 1.2 million cars off the road," Data for Progress found. "Retrofits and jobs would benefit communities on the frontlines of climate change, poverty, and pollution and the country as a whole. Our analysis shows the legislation would create 32,552 jobs per year in New York City alone."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/14/solve-multiple-crises-once-sanders-and-ocasio-cortez-unveil-green-new-deal-public

[empedocles]

1. Easy to understand their needs to . . . but

[George II]

2. I think they underestimate the intellect of American voters.

[defacto7]

3. I really would like to see the implementation of these plans.

I just wish I could feel confident that they could actually get done.

[empedocles]

4. Wapo - 'TESTIMONY PUTS TRUMP CLOSER TO SCANDAL' [page width headline, caps supplied to

emphasize size].

That is the headline of the morning. What Dems and voters need. [Not, imo], another campaign plug.

[Uncle Joe]

5. I believe this is the wrong forum for that and either that will play out or it won't but

I don't believe it to be a good idea for the Democratic Party to place all its' eggs in one basket.

The American People have to know what we stand for not just what we're against.