A national work service program would build a political base for further Green New Deal victories, making it a vital climate infrastructure demand.
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Like its 1930s counterpart, the Green New Deal should champion democratic cooperation in electricity.
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The job of the political left is to continuously remind skeptics that a GND and M4A stand to greatly expand individual agency and freedom.
Read MoreThe Left would benefit from treating policy goals and political strategy differently—particularly when it comes to the Green New Deal.
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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised a “fourth transformation” of the Mexican state and is taking back control of the national oil and gas firm. Workers, indigenous groups, and the environmental movement in Mexico and internationally can push the agenda further.
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We need not sacrifice freedom of expression, our autonomy, our right to self-rule to survive what lies ahead. But if we allow our current, cramped understanding of who the Constitution serves to preclude climate mitigation, the horizon of possibilities will be increasingly limited by the physics of a rapidly warming world.
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Is it sensible to try and steer geoengineering in an attempt to rectify capitalism’s scars on the biosphere? In a word: yes.
Read MoreHull’s recent history raises a number of important issues around the prospect of a large-scale renewable energy transition, and its potential role in addressing deep regional economic inequalities within nations.
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We do not have the luxury of turning away from policies that have been usurped by corporate interest-- rather, it is our job to diligently and carefully reconstruct those policies so they can become effective parts of a just climate movement.
Read MoreAs we build new economies in the Global South, we must build them on sustainable foundations, using technologies this are currently under development in rich nations. To achieve this, we will need to create a new mechanism for equitable sharing of technologies.
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Fossil fuel companies have long deceived politicians, shareholders, and the public. We must now hold them accountable for their irreparable environmental damages and develop a strategy towards a just energy transition.
Read MoreGovernor Jerry Brown can’t claim climate leadership without a plan to phase out fossil fuels. In an economy driven by the production and consumption of petroleum, California’s energy transition must begin with transportation.
Read MoreThe climate left needs to be ready to pass a bill when Democrats next control the Presidency, House, and Senate. Here are some lessons learned from the last attempt at federal climate legislation.
Read MoreA climate activist turned City Hall staffer reflects on missteps from his organizing days, decision-maker psychology, and lessons for effective advocacy.
Read MoreThe Democratic Party’s commitment to capitalism categorically prevents it from being an ally to the environmental movement in any instance.
The most underlooked feature of post-2020 legislation is how it will affect our capacity to build power.
Read MoreTrump’s solar tariffs escalate a brewing trade war, with Chinese residential solar and blue collar labor caught in the balance.
Read MoreScott Pruitt has been pushed out as head of the EPA. In executive branch oustings like this, though, policy matters far more than personality.
Read MoreMany conditions and trends in the US political system have left us with the intensely anti-climate Republican Party, the blockage to progress on climate policy.
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