[MCN] Why a Green New Deal ?

[Lance Olsen]

On August 21, 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that “…many scientists say deep emissions cuts are necessary … to prevent … dangerous consequences of global warming,” and concluded that,  "Getting from here to there would require a massive economic shift.”

There’s likely been no better summary of the Green New Deal’s basic rationale. In just these few words, the Journal pointed directly to a dangerous trend, identified how to turn it around, and did that 10 years before the Sunrise Movement caught the attention of newly elected US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

<<https://mountainjournal.org/green-new-deal-faces-uphill-fight-in-wyoming-and-montana-coal-country <https://mountainjournal.org/green-new-deal-faces-uphill-fight-in-wyoming-and-montana-coal-country>>>


And this :

The heads of two major central banks have written a stark warning about the financial risks of climate change.

"If some companies and industries fail to adjust to this new world, they will fail to exist," they wrote.

Mr Carney and Mr Villeroy de Galhau describe "the catastrophic effects of climate change" <https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2019/april/open-letter-on-climate-related-financial-risks> already having an impact on the planet

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2019/april/open-letter-on-climate-related-financial-risks <https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2019/april/open-letter-on-climate-related-financial-risks>


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