Green New Deal
The Green New Deal (GND) refers to a U.S. House of Representatives resolution and various legislative proposals supported by radical environmentalist groups.
While details of the “Deal” are unclear and frequently change, an attempt to estimate the cost of the plan that critics call a “radical, top-down, socialist makeover of the entire U.S. economy” found it could cost upwards of $90 trillion over a ten-year federal budget window if enacted.
The Green New Deal Coalition, sponsored by Sunrise Movement, is a coalition campaign advocating for two resolutions on the Green New Deal introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the 116th Congress.
Criticism
The Green New Deal has been widely criticized by people on both the Left and the Right for being too “broad” in its scope and focus.
Not an Environmental Proposal
In 2019, the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Saikat Chakrabarti, told Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) that the legislative package is designed to completely revamp the entire U.S. economy. During an informal meeting between the two major climate change proponents, Chakrabarti stated that political supporters of the deal “really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy” plan behind closed doors. This is in contrast to claims that the legislation is designed to address the “existential“ threat posed by climate change.
Major Players
Environmental Groups
Organizations focused on addressing climate change at the national or global level that signed onto a petition in support of the Green New Deal.
- 198 Methods
- Alliance for Climate Education
- Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
- Anthropocene Alliance
- Beyond Extreme Energy
- Blue Frontier Campaign
- Bold Alliance
- Carbon Tax Center (CTC)
- Care About Climate
- Center for Environmentally Recycled Building Alternatives (CERBAT)
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Center for Sustainable Economy
- Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Cache Valley
- Citizens Coal Council
- Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
- Corporate Ethics International
- Earthworks
- Fearless Fund
- Food and Water Watch (FWW)
- Geos Institute
- Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
- Good Work Institute
- Green America
- Green Education and Legal Fund
- Green Map System Inc
- Green Newton
- GreenAction for Health and Environmental Justice
- GreenLatinos
- GRID Alternatives
- HealthyPlanet
- Heirs To Our Oceans
- Inspiration of Sedona
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
- Kitsap Environmental Coalition
- League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
- Marcellus Outreach Butler
- Mattawoman Watershed Society
- New Consensus
- NextGen Education Fund
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
- Oil Change USA
- Olympic Climate Action
- Organic Consumers Association
- Pelican Media
- Power Shift Network
- Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
- Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
- RE Sources for Sustainable Communities
- ReThink Energy Florida
- River Guardian Foundation
- Rochester People’s Climate Coalition
- Sierra Club
- Signal Fire
- Solutions Project
- South Coast Neighbors United
- Sunrise Movement
- Surfrider Foundation
- Sustainable Economies Law Center
- Sustainable Marin
- Sustainable Tompkins
- SustainUS
- Texas Campaign for the Environment
- The Canary Coalition
- The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
- Transition Express, Inc
- Transition US
- Traprock Center for Peace and Justice
- Trevor Day School Environmental Club
- Upper West Side Recycling
- Urban Tilth
- Vote-Climate
- WATCH
- WildEarth Guardians
Conservationist Groups
Organizations dedicated to local or national conservationist efforts that signed onto a petition in support of the Green New Deal.
- Acoustic Ecology Institute
- Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise
- Allamakee County Protectors
- Alliance For The Wild Rockies
- Amazon Watch
- Animals Are Sentient Beings
- Athens for Everyone
- Bergen Save The Watershed Action Network (SWAN)
- Big Reuse
- Black Swamp Creek Land Trust
- Bold Iowa
- Bridgerland Audubon Society
- Buckeye Environmental Network
- Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast
- California Environmental Justice Coalition
- Cascadia Wildlands
- Catskill Mountainkeeper
- Center for a Sustainable Coast
- Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Central California Asthma Collaborative
- Christians For The Mountains
- Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community
- Citizens’ Committee for Flood Relief
- Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
- Citizens For Responsible Oil and Gas (CFROG)
- Clean Coast
- Communities for a Better Environment
- Community Ecology Institute
- Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network
- Dogwood Alliance
- Don’t Waste Arizona
- Emerald Coastkeeper, Inc
- Endangered Habitats League
- Endangered Species Coalition
- Environmental Health Trust
- Environmental Protection Information Center
- Evergreen Islands
- Family Farm Defenders
- For Love of Water (FLOW)
- For The Generations
- Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
- Friends of the Bitterroot
- Fund for Wild Nature
- Georgia WAND Education Fund
- Greater Hells Canyon Council
- Hackensack Riverkeeper
- Howling For Wolves
- Idaho Rivers United
- Information Network for Responsible Mining
- Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
- Kentucky Heartwood
- Klamath Forest Alliance
- Milwaukee Riverkeeper
- Mission Blue
- New Hampshire Audubon
- Northern Jaguar Project
- NY 4 WHALES
- Our Santa Fe River
- Pinelands Preservation Alliance
- Potomac Riverkeeper Network
- Renewable Energy Long Island (reLI)
- RESTORE: The North Woods
- Riverkeeper
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- San Juan Citizens Alliance
- Save Our Shores
- Save Our Sky Blue Waters
- Save The Hills Alliance
- Save the Manatee Club
- Seneca Lake Guardian
- Seven Circles Foundation
- South Florida Wildlands Association
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
- Texas Drought Project
- The Lands Council
- The River Project
- The Whaleman Foundation
- Toxics Action Center
- Toxics Information Project (TIP)
- Turner Endangered Species Fund
- Turtle Island Restoration Network
- Valley Watch
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- West 80s Neighborhood Association
- West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
- Western Watersheds Project
- Wild Nature Institute
- WildWest Institute
- Winyah Rivers Foundation
Activist Groups
Organizations that primarily organize or engage in demonstrations that signed onto a petition in support of the Green New Deal.
- 350 Bay Area
- 350 Brooklyn
- 350 Cape Cod
- 350 Chicago
- 350 Colorado
- 350 Connecticut
- 350 Eastside
- 350 Eugene
- 350 Everett
- 350 Fairfax
- 350 Kishwaukee
- 350 Loudoun
- 350 Mass for a Better Future
- 350 Mass Metro North
- 350 Milwaukee
- 350 Montgomery County
- 350 NYC
- 350.org (National)
- 350 PDX
- 350 Philadelphia
- 350 Plattsburgh
- 350 Sacramento
- 350 Silicon Valley
- 350 Sonoma
- 350 Spokane
- 350 Tacoma
- 350 Triangle
- 350 Ventura County Climate Hub
- Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT)
- Call to Action Colorado
- Clean Energy Action
- Climate Defense Project
- Climate Hawks Vote Civic Action
- Earth Day Network
- Earth Ethics, Inc.
- EcoEquity
- Elders Action Network
- Franciscan Action Network
- Gas Free Seneca
- Great Old Broads for Wilderness
- Green for All
- Hands Across the Sand
- Harford County Climate Action
- Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)
- Mothers Out Front
- MoveOn Civic Action (MoveOn.org)
- NYC H2O
- Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Seeding Sovereignty
- Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Utah Moms for Clean Air
- Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Labor-related Groups
Labor unions or labor advocacy organizations that signed onto a petition in support of the Green New Deal.
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