Rumored Pick to Lead Interior Supports Full Ban on Fracking and Green New Deal

According to Reuters, the New Mexico Congresswoman is rumored to be Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of the Interior and American energy workers should be worried. Take it from a New Mexican, Congresswoman Deb Haaland would be the most radical Interior Secretary in the history of our country. Congresswoman Haaland spent most of the last year outside of her district stumping for the failed candidacy of Elizabeth Warren. She is now on the receiving end of numerous puff-pieces working to build a story that will benefit Team Biden. The problem is Haaland is open about her radical positions of a…

New Study Shows the Green New Deal Would Cost Swing-State Households Hundreds of Billions

As Bernie Sanders solidifies his status as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 Presidential election, a new study paints a grim picture of the effects of his Green New Deal (GND). Released by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Power the Future, the report uses updated data to determine the costs of GND policies on individual states and households. The study estimated a $75,000 average annual cost for households in the key battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. These costs illustrate just how out-of-touch these far-left proposals, and their…

By Law, New York Has to Protect Communities from Climate Change. Cuomo’s Budget Ignores That.

Hollow words and empty promises, the fuel for Green New Deal climate policies, this week resulted in a gathering of protesters in the New York State capitol building. Coinciding with the release of Governor Cuomo’s 2021 budget proposal, around 300 eco-left activists physically objected to the omission of protections for the communities most vulnerable to climate change. New York’s state law requires these safeguards under its new climate legislation, Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), but Cuomo’s budget ignores them. As New York Renews, a statewide partnership of advocacy groups, coalition coordinator Stephen Edel puts it: “Low-income communities and…

A Bad Deal, Even for the Environment

The vast majority of the criticism surrounding Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) Green New Deal (GND) – proposed legislation that would remake the economy and eliminate all U.S. carbon emissions – has been about its disastrous economic consequences, and rightfully so. According to a report by The Heritage Foundation, this deal would mean 1.4 million jobs lost and a $3.9 trillion hit to the economy by 2040. But, would it even be good for the environment? According to a new Heartland Institute Policy Brief, implementation of the GND would cause serious environmental and ecological harm. As the Heartland Institute reports: This is…

The GND Is Losing Steam

Even Democrats are keeping their distance from the Green New Deal (GND). Moderates are now afraid that they’ll be seen as radical for supporting it, and rightfully so. The Daily Caller reports: Democratic Reps. Lauren Underwood of Illinois, Henry Cuellar of Texas and Harley Rouda of California are keeping their distance from the GND as they campaign for reelection in Republican-leaning seats. Cuellar called the group supporting the measure “Justice Socialists.” Moderate Democrats are being aggressively pushed by radical groups like the Sunrise Movement, which is broadly responsible for promoting the GND. And, as moderate Democrats are being forced to…

Bernie Sanders and AOC Introduce the Green New Deal for Public Housing

Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez – a truly dangerous duo – announced they plan to introduce their new legislation, the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act this afternoon. The Washington Post reports: The bill, dubbed the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, would use seven grant programs to upgrade housing units into carbon-neutral communities with organic grocery stores, on-site child care and community gardens. Residents of public housing would be given preference in hiring to renovate those units. … The bill would cost between $119 billion and $172 billion over the next decade, according to estimates developed by…

AOC Uses California Fires As A Platform to Push Her Green New Deal

AOC’s latest tactic to promote her radical Green New Deal: exploiting tragedy. The Hill reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday pointed to the catastrophic California wildfires as evidence of the drastic effects of climate change. “This is what climate change looks like,” the liberal firebrand said in a tweet. “The GOP like to mock scientific warnings about climate change as exaggeration. But just look around: it’s already starting,” she added, linking to footage of wildfires in Vallejo, Calif. “We have 10 years to cut carbon emissions in half. If we don’t, scenes like this can get much worse.” What AOC fails…

The Green New Deal Is Still Too Expensive

Environmental leftists and the cadre of candidates running for President continue to push the Green New Deal, despite hard data showing the plan is doomed to fail and cost Americans an arm and a leg. To this end, the Competitive Enterprise Institute ran ads during the Democratic Debate Tuesday calling out the cost of the Green New Deal since none of the candidates seem willing to do so. PJ Media reports: “You have a choice,” the ad begins. “Common-sense energy policies. Under forty dollars to fill a car. Low gas prices, easy to visit family, run errands, grow a business.”…

Failed Green New Deal Backers Push for Global Implementation

Yesterday, the mayors of New York City, Los Angeles, and of several other U.S. cities joined C40 coalition members from around the world to push a global version of AOC’s Green New Deal. Great. FOX News reports: The freshman New York congresswoman traveled to Copenhagen for a meeting with the C40, a group of 94 mayors led by Los Angeles’ Mayor Eric Garcetti — who was just announced as the group’s new chair. The plan aims to halve carbon emissions by 2030 through cleaner alternatives and the “strictest possible building codes.” It also seeks to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal of keeping warming…

Environmental Activists Gear Up to Push Socialism Nationwide

As we head into 2020, the far-left environmental activists are preparing to force their agenda onto Americans nationwide. Buzzfeed News reports that the Sunrise Movement is expanding its operations in New Hampshire and Iowa to put environmental activism as a key issue in early presidential primary states. From the article: “Our top priority is to build an army of young people to elect a candidate in the caucuses who will be a champion of the Green New Deal,” Kaleb Van Fosson, a Sunrise organizer based in Iowa, told BuzzFeed News. Van Fossen is one of eight people working full time,…