What is the Green New Deal?

The Green New Deal is an environmentalist movement and proposed economic stimulus program designed to tackle climate change while addressing social goals such as job creation and reducing economic inequality. Its name draws inspiration from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal public works projects during the Great Depression. Proposals under this banner combine Roosevelt's economic intervention with modern priorities like renewable energy and resource efficiency.

What we know

• The Green New Deal is a conceptual environmentalist movement calling for public policy to address climate change alongside social aims like job creation and economic growth. [1, 2]
• The name references the New Deal implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1935 in response to the Great Depression. [2, 3]
• Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and politician Howie Hawkins were early runners on a Green New Deal platform in U.S. elections. [2]
• A prominent 2019 congressional resolution for a Green New Deal was sponsored by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey. [2]

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• what caused itHow did Franklin D. Roosevelt's original New Deal shape American politics?
• a case in pointWhat specific policies are included in the European Green Deal?
• compared withHow does the Los Angeles Green New Deal adapt municipal policy?
• the bigger pictureWhat platform does the Green Party of the United States promote?
• whoWho introduced major federal legislation for the Green New Deal in 2019?
• an unexpected connectionHow does the Green Party platform connect single-payer healthcare with environmentalism?The Green Party incorporates economic progressive positions like single-payer healthcare directly alongside environmental initiatives like the Green New Deal.

Sources

• [1]Green New Deal (Wikidata Q2068307) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Green New Deal · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]New Deal · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Los Angeles Green New Deal · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Green Party of the United States · CC BY-SA 4.0

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