The Green New Deal is a package of initiatives meant to stimulate the US economy by increasing investment in clean-energy jobs and infrastructure projects. Ocasio-Cortez wants the country to.

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Ocasio Cortez New Green Deal

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• In what may be the most far-reaching proposal to ever be considered in Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., unveiled her 'Green New Deal' on Thursday - a government-led overhaul of.
• The Green New Deal, proposed earlier this year by Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.), would transition the U.S. Economy entirely away from fossil fuels within ten years while.