Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in The New Republic

On Energy & Oil: OpEd: Green New Deal idea borrowed from Green Party

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the wunderkind congresswoman from New York, has been getting most of the credit for the Green New Deal, an ambitious plan to fight global warming that has become increasingly popular among Democrats. But Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins wants to set the record straight. "A lot of people think AOC thought it up," he told me. "But I'm the original Green New Dealer."

Some greens are now irked at the Democrats' attempt to claim ownership of the idea. Why should there be attention given to Greens, though, now that Democrats have embraced the Green New Deal? Simple, said one Green Party analyst: "This Democratic version of the Green New Deal is watered down. It pales in comparison to ours."

The Green Party's Green New Deal is indeed more expansive. The two plans have the same goal of 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2030, and they both call for universal health care and a federal job guarantee.

Source: The New Republic magazine on 2018 Congress NY-14 election Feb 22, 2019

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