Steyer says proposed Green New Deal is a ‘first draft’
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/431896-steyer-says-proposed-green-new-deal-is-a-first-draft Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) proposed Green New Deal in an interview that aired Wednesday on Hill.TV, but said many changes would likely be made to the proposal. “I think she’s done us a signal service by coming up with a plan that is larger enough to fit the problem […]
WaPo: Trump set to escalate his fight against ‘climate science’ claims – The President is ‘openly skeptical’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/he-gets-to-decide-trump-escalates-his-fight-against-climate-science-ahead-of-2020/2019/02/28/6e12dbbc-3aa3-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html By Juliet Eilperin and Toluse Olorunnipa February 28 at 3:35 PM From the earliest days of his administration, President Trump has been at war with his own government over climate change. He upbraided his first economic adviser by telling him that he didn’t care that American executives backed the Paris climate agreement because “my voters don’t […]
Dems wrestle over how to vote on ‘Green New Deal’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431938-dems-wrestle-over-how-to-vote-on-green-new-deal BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Senate Democratic leaders are grappling over how to vote on a controversial climate change proposal that is being championed by progressives and mocked by conservatives. The plan, offered by firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will be voted on on the Senate floor later this year in a GOP-led effort to divide Democrats and […]