Monday, December 24, 2018

Green New Deal?

It may not last but the "Green New Deal" appears to have a lot of traction in the US.
This is because, at the moment, it is seen as a non-partisan project to face the facts of climate change. 

Support is, of course, higher among "progressives" and non-skeptics in both the Republican and the Democrats. 
Here is the best fleshing out of the idea that I have found

Here are some of the proposed aims which seem to have widespread agreement if you leave aside the Trumpists:
✔ 100% Clean and Renewable Electricity by 2035 
✔ Zero Net Emissions from Energy by 2050
✔ 100% Net-Zero Building Energy Standards by 2030
✔ 100% Zero Emission Passenger Vehicles by 2030
✔ 100% Fossil-Free Transportation by 2050
✔ National Clean Air Attainment
✔ Cut Methane Leakage 50% by 2025
✔ National Lead Pipe Replacement & Infrastructure Upgrades
✔ Guarantee Access to Affordable Drinking Water
✔ Protect Two Million New Miles of Waterways
✔ Reforest 40 Million Acres of Public and Private Land by 2035
✔ Restore 5 Million Acres of Wetlands by 2040
✔ Expand Sustainable Farming and Soil Practices to 30% of Agricultural Land by 2030 and 70% by 2050
✔ Cleanup Brownfields and All Hazardous Sites
✔ Establish a National Fund for Urban and Rural Resilience
✔ Expand Public Green Space and Recreational Lands and Waters
✔ Modernize Urban Mobility and Mass Transit
✔ Zero Waste by 2040
✔ Capture 50% of Wasted Methane by 2040

Ironically whether it dies or not will depend on less enthusiasm by the traditional Left. If it is too heavily sponsored by the Left, the Rightwingers will be suspicious and the fragile cooperation based on the reality of climate change will be destroyed. Fancy footwork is required.

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