US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: NYTimes

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21 Feb 2019

A Green New Deal is Technologically Possible. Its Political Prospects Are Another Question.

President Trump derided the Green New Deal as a “high school term paper that got a low mark.” Congressional Republicans mocked it as “zany.” Even Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, called the proposal a “green dream,” and some of the party’s 2020 candidates are starting to describe it as merely aspirational. Yet, despite that disdain, the goals of the far-reaching plan to tackle climate change and economic inequality are within the realm of technological possibility, several energy experts and economists said in recent interviews.
President Trump derided the Green New Deal as a “high school term paper that got a low mark.” Congressional...

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