It’s Time to Get Serious about a ‘Green New Deal’ – The Tyee

‘Degrowth’ is a fantasy. Tech won’t save us. We have one option.

The idea of a “green new deal” has gained considerable ground in recent years.

A modest version has been adopted by the European Union and various national governments in the Global South. The 2019 European Green Deal has been described as a “new growth strategy,” to build a resource-efficient yet competitive economy.

In the United States, a green new deal was attempted in 2019, but it ultimately failed in the face of Republican opposition and no meaningful progress has been made since.

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