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So here it is. @theprospect's entire site is given over to the politics and policy of a #GreenNewDeal today. Let's walk through it (big thread coming) prospect.org #GreenProspect
We wanted to examine whether and how you could practically accomplish a transformation of the planet to limit temperature rise. And we assembled 22 reporters, experts, and climate leaders to lay it out. All of those pieces are live at prospect.org today. #GreenProspect
We start with an introduction by @rkuttnerwrites, on why a #GreenNewDeal is realistic, practical, and necessary. prospect.org/greennewdeal/t…
@rkuttnerwrites Jeff Sachs (@JeffSachsCenter) pencils out the numbers, estimating the incremental cost of decarbonization at 1% of global GDP or less. prospect.org/greennewdeal/g…
@rkuttnerwrites @JeffSachsCenter Historian nonpareil Nelson Lichtenstein looks back to the transformative power of the first New Deal, and draws lessons we need for this one. prospect.org/greennewdeal/d…
@rkuttnerwrites @JeffSachsCenter Historian Kevin Baker zeroes in on one piece of the New Deal - the Reconstruction Finance Corporation - as a model to fund the #GreenNewDeal. prospect.org/greennewdeal/r…
@rkuttnerwrites @JeffSachsCenter Our @HaroldMeyerson looks at the #GreenNewDeal as economic development, its ability to create good-paying jobs and a just transition for all workers. #GreenProspect prospect.org/greennewdeal/g…
@rkuttnerwrites @JeffSachsCenter @HaroldMeyerson Mariana Mazzucato hails the return of industrial policy, put to the acceptable use of saving the planet #GreenProspect prospect.org/greennewdeal/i…
To look at how the states can contribute to a #GreenNewDeal, we got, oh nobody, @jayinslee. prospect.org/greennewdeal/h… #GreenProspect
Our @gurleygg checks out greening the transportation fleet, and the need for equity for low- and middle-income drivers prospect.org/greennewdeal/a… #GreenProspect
Derrick Jackson explains in our #GreenProspect special why the communities closest to the front lines of pollution must be the first lifted up in a #GreenNewDeal prospect.org/greennewdeal/t…
Julian Brave Noisecat (@jnoisecat) has a terrific piece zeroing in on one such community with a toxic legacy and a need for a #GreenNewDeal: Oakland. prospect.org/greennewdeal/p… #GreenProspect
@jnoisecat Joan FitzGerald brings us a #GreenNewDeal for cities - who can play a major role in saving the planet. prospect.org/greennewdeal/c… #GreenProspect
@jnoisecat Judith Schwartz explains water policy, and its importance for a #GreenNewDeal prospect.org/greennewdeal/h… #GreenProspect
@jnoisecat I'm only a little more than halfway done!
@jnoisecat Our @alex_sammon questions whether nuclear power needs to be included as a transition fuel to get us to a fully renewable future. prospect.org/greennewdeal/t… #GreenProspect
Robert Pollin answers "BuT HoW Do YoU PaY FoR ThAt??" prospect.org/greennewdeal/h… #GreenProspect
Mara Prentiss follows the technical specs, and finds that we can get to a #GreenNewDeal with existing technology, through efficiency, green energy, storage, and more. The barriers are not technical. #GreenProspect prospect.org/greennewdeal/t…
Here have a cartoon from Steve Brodner about Big Banks and Big Carbon. prospect.org/greennewdeal/f… #GreenProspect
James Boyce on the economics of putting a price on carbon while maintaining social equity. prospect.org/greennewdeal/c…
Robert Paaswell answers the question of why our big infrastructure projects take so long in America, and how to fix that for a #GreenNewDeal prospect.org/greennewdeal/m… #GreenProspect
Jeff Faux asks one of the threshold questions of a #GreenNewDeal: how to restore faith in government enough that people don't see it as an impossible dream prospect.org/greennewdeal/w… #GreenProspect
Adam Hersh on green trade - how to have our trade policies reflect the need for a #GreenNewDeal prospect.org/greennewdeal/t…
Our writing fellow @brittanyagibson on some success stories - and some failures - around the world prospect.org/greennewdeal/t… #GreenProspect
And our other writing fellow @Marcia_Brown9 on the activism it will take to get to a #GreenNewDeal, with a profile of Extinction Rebellion. #GreenProspect prospect.org/greennewdeal/a…
@Marcia_Brown9 Oh, wait, I forgot the capper! @billmckibben on the case for hope of a #GreenNewDeal prospect.org/greennewdeal/b… #GreenProspect
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