The Green New Deal is a new policy vision-one that will guide government and society through the biggest task in modern history: decarbonizing our gl… - Rhiana Gunn-Wright

Only the federal government wields the power to lead a national mobilization that can decarbonize the economy fast enough.

all GND policy, whether narrow or broad, serves a triple bottom line: achieve the decarbonization goals set out by H.R. 109, reduce income inequality, and redress systemic oppression.

The United States is a nation of scarcity, and increasingly so. Seventy-eight percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. As of 2018, about 40 percent of Americans could not afford an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt or having to sell off their possessions. About 25 percent of Americans skipped necessary medical care because they couldn't afford it. For most people in this country, we are not a nation of prosperity.