The Green New Deal sets the goal of framing clean air and water as a human right, then sets forth specific benchmarks like national clean air attainment, cutting methane leakage by 50 percent by ...

The New Deal, as part of the Green New Deal, isn’t often the piece that gets the most attention. But there are similarities between the Great Depression-era program and today’s climate slogan.

Today, the “ Green New Deal ”—a 10-year plan introduced by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey to transition to 100 percent renewable energy ...

“The Green New Deal is not my plan,” the Democratic presidential nominee said of the sweeping environmental proposal put forward by progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed ...

The Green New Deal calls for retrofitting all of them—every last skyscraper, McDonald’s, and suburban ranch home—for energy efficiency within the next 10 years.

These first attempts have coalesced under the umbrella phrase a Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass.

A new way forward: Bernie Sanders greets the crowd at the final event of the Road to the Green New Deal tour. (AP / Cliff Owen) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was published as part of Covering ...

The Green New Deal is a wide-reaching proposal that calls not just for a massive overhaul of the nation's energy sector over the next 10 years, but also investments in the country's education ...

The Green New Deal resolution put forward on Thursday includes a wide range of planks from big-picture goals like net-zero carbon emissions in the U.S. by 2030, fixing the country’s ...