{"id":44861,"date":"2019-03-28T12:56:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44861"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:56:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:56:52","slug":"the-promise-of-the-green-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44861","title":{"rendered":"The Promise of the Green New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontporchrepublic.com\/2019\/03\/the-promise-of-the-green-new-deal\/\">The Promise of the Green New Deal<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frontporchrepublic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photograph-of-civilian-conservation-corps-ccc-enrollee-crew-planting-9af2b3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I also want to mildly praise the resolution\u2019s anti-incrementalism \u2014 because there are virtues in trying to offer not just a technical blueprint but a comprehensive vision of the good society, and virtues as well in insisting that dramatic change is still possible in America, that grand projects and scientific breakthroughs are still within our reach.<\/p><p>-\u2013Conservative columnist Ross Douthat,&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without question, the rollout of the so-called \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d in early February was less than elegant.&nbsp;Not long before the actual resolution proposing the idea was submitted into Congress by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), a set of policy \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.npr.org\/documents\/document.html?id=5729035-Green-New-Deal-FAQ\">talking points<\/a>\u201d were released by a member of Ocasio-Cortez\u2019 staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;It contained references to \u201cfarting cows\u201d (code for methane reductions in agriculture), the elimination of air travel, and a guaranteed income for those unable or \u201cunwilling\u201d to work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though none of this language is included in the actual resolution, its release by the still \u201cgreen\u201d (in the sense of political experience) AOC provided quick fodder for her many enemies on the right, especially the pundits at FOX News.&nbsp;&nbsp;And while more than 70 Democratic members of Congress quickly signed on to the resolution, House speaker Nancy Pelosi rather perfunctorily dismissed the wish list of primarily left-wing ideas for combatting both inequality and climate change as a \u201cgreen dream,\u201d and liberal senator Dianne Feinstein berated a group of young people who came to her office asking for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, some conservatives, including\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0columnist Ross Douthat, did not rush to throw the baby out with the bathwater.\u00a0\u00a0Surprisingly, perhaps, while President Trump predictably condemned the wide-ranging resolution as a step toward Socialism,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/09\/opinion\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Douthat praised<\/a>\u00a0the Green New Deal explicitly\u00a0<em>for<\/em>\u00a0its sweeping approach. \u00a0Meanwhile, as expected, dozens of environmental and social justice groups quickly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greennewdealforall.org\/supporting-groups\/%EF%BB%BF\">endorsed<\/a>\u00a0the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Promise of the Green New Deal I also want to mildly praise the resolution\u2019s anti-incrementalism \u2014 because there are virtues in trying to offer not just a technical blueprint but a comprehensive vision of the good society, and virtues as well in insisting that dramatic change is still possible in America, that grand projects 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