Universal health care, a national minimum wage and increased business taxes: all part of the Green New Deal. That has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some presidential candidates treading carefully. Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal be the Democrats’ version of “Build the Wall”--creating an opportunity for Republican backlash?
Climate Change, the Green New Deal and ‘socialism’
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) hold a news conference for their proposed "Green New Deal" to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Credits
Guests:
Lisa Friedman - Deputy Editor, ClimateWire,
Stephen Lacey - Host of the Energy Gang Podcast and contributing editor to Greentech Media. -
@Stphn_Lacey,
E.J. Dionne - Brookings Institution / Washington Post -
@EJDionne,
Matt Bennett - Third Way -
@ThirdWayMattB,
Lee Ohanian - Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of economics at UCLA -
@lee_ohanian
Host:
Warren Olney
Producer:
Andrea Brody