While Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her Green New Deal (see below) come for coal with a Rebel yell, the New Democrat Coalition will apparently take a more genial approach. Don’t be fooled by this good cop-bad cop approach. The targets are the same — coal plants and affordable/reliable electricity near you.
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“Front and center is an ambitious resolution Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has floated on her website. Among the asks: a shift to 100 percent renewables, construction of a national “smart grid,” a federal jobs program with a minimum wage of $15 per hour and deep decarbonization across the entire economy.”
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The Sunrise Movement is the group that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led in the takeover of Nancy Pelosi’s office last week. We’re for burning more coal. So is the rest of the world. We’ll see who wins.
Source: Climatewire
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