Ocasio-Cortez understands the promise of a 'Green New Deal'

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/opinions/green-new-deal-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-romero-jones/index.html?no-st=1544549926&fbclid=IwAR2CSdpSZhpXmWGTq6CdkmAM884BGvTgeenfwsSzfub4FvSi5VjlqZMy5wc

Right-wing media outlets seem to be waging a coordinated campaign to portray US Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a dimwit radical. Their efforts will backfire. She is in fact championing the smartest, most practical idea in US politics to address two urgent problems: climate change and poverty.

Ocasio-Cortez, along with a growing number of Democratic colleagues, is asking Rep. Nancy Pelosi to create a select committee on a "Green New Deal" -- comprehensive legislation for a mass mobilization of people and resources toward solutions to the climate crisis. If Pelosi agrees, the congressional committee could develop a plan to improve the economy and the environment within a year.

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1. Pelosi would do well to support this idea and these particular Democrats.