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‘Good cop’ Democrats also coming for a coal plant near you

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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Ocasio-Cortez, ‘Green New Deal’ coming for a coal (and gas) plant near you

“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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