Green New Deal

Real estate zoning restrictions have produced a national housing shortage and affordability crisis. Architects and economists say reform could boost growth.

While Republican proposals to slow climate change may still be oceans away from progressive proposals like the Green New Deal, they still mark a seismic shift for conservatives, who are coming to terms with both scientific and political realities in ways that they haven’t ever before. Even so, few Republicans are willing to talk about it.

Republicans in D.C. won’t support the Green New Deal, but Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia is among those who are taking the climate crisis more seriously. It’s just hard to get many of them to talk about it.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey continue to promote the Green New Deal, and President Joe Biden announced a commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Energy policy analyst Hal Harvey tells LX we’re at an environmental turning point.

Jane Fonda was arrested for the second time this month on Friday.  Fonda was trying to bring attention to the “Green New Deal” and raise awareness about climate change.

Jane Fonda was arrested for the second time this month on Friday.  Fonda was trying to bring attention to the “Green New Deal” and raise awareness about climate change.

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The Senate turned away from the Green New Deal on Tuesday as both parties shunned an opportunity to debate a comprehensive climate change plan offered by Democrats. Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate forced the vote as they seek to turn the Green New Deal into a wedge issue in the 2020 elections. Democrats called the GOP’s move a “sham” and...

Hundreds of thousands of students in more than 100 countries skipped school Friday to demand action on climate change. Kids in more than 1,200 cities across the globe are protesting a failure of governments to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The “Friday’s for Future” rallies were one of the biggest international climate change actions yet.

The Senate will vote on the Green New Deal, a moonshot plan by Democrats to combat climate change, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, announcing a move designed to force Senate Democrats — including a cast of presidential candidates — into a political bind. The plan, initially championed by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, calls for a New Deal-style mobilization...

Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signaling its likely elevation as a central campaign issue in 2020 despite President Donald Trump’s failure to mention climate change in his State of the Union address. At least six senators running for president or considering White...