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As part of what they are
calling Green New Deal Week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
and Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday led the reintroduction of
their landmark resolution envisioning a 10-year mobilization
that would employ millions of people with well-paying, union
jobs repairing U.S. infrastructure, while reducing pollution
and tackling the country s intersecting climate, economic,
health, and racial justice crises. The Green New Deal
isn t just a resolution, it is a revolution, said Markey
(D-Mass.), who first unveiled
the measure with Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in February 2019. In the past two years, the Green New Deal has become the
DNA of climate action, and the principles of jobs, justice,
Dear President Biden,
We are a group of human rights, reproductive rights, reproductive justice, environmental justice, maternal and child health, health care professional organizations, medical societies, and other advocates writing with a spirit of energized support for your January Executive Order (EO) on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad[1] and for your commitment to racial justice and environmental justice in addressing the climate crisis in the United States.
April 20, 2021
Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable
We are also writing to emphasize that addressing the climate crisis appropriately includes considering how heat, wildfires, floods, and other impacts stand to worsen the maternal health crisis that is dominated by unjust racial disparities, widening further the shocking gap in this country between who has a healthy pregnancy and baby and who does not.
Why youth climate change activists are pushing Biden to do more
Teen climate activist calls for politicians to stop using the pandemic as an excuse
Replay Video UP NEXT As Joe Biden prepares to host a climate change summit on his first Earth Day in office, ABC News spoke to a group of young activists with diverse views on what they hope to see from the president. Levi Draheim, 13, is the youngest plaintiff in a lawsuit where a group of young people sued the Obama administration, and later the Trump administration, for failing to address climate change. He said he got involved because he loves being outside swimming and sailing in his hometown in Satellite Beach, Florida, but he s already seen the impact of climate change in his community dunes are eroding, increasing the risk of flooding.
Sen. Markey, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs, Justice to Rebuild U.S.
Targeted News Service (Press Releases)
WASHINGTON,
April 20, 2021:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today introduced the
Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act, which establishes a
Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) administered by the
Corporation for National and Community Service within AmeriCorps. This legislation updates, modernizes, and expands the concept of the
New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps: ensuring that all Americans who want to participate may do so, regardless of race, age, or gender; broadening the range of eligible projects; providing 21st century health and education benefits; deepening partnerships with unions; and preserving Tribal sovereignty.