Texas freeze is a clear call for a Green New Deal
24 Feb 2021 A man walks to his friend’s home in a neighbourhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighbourhood in Pflugerville, Texas. File/Reuters
Will Bunch,
Tribune News Service
In Galveston, Texas, folks are all too used to natural disasters but warm and wet ones from the Gulf of Mexico, like the notorious hurricane of 1900 that killed thousands. Nothing could have prepared the beachfront city for the icy dagger of a polar vortex attacking from the north with snow, ice and a prolonged deep freeze. As county officials already reported at least two and possibly six deaths from exposure to the cold amid widespread power outages, they asked for a refrigerated morgue truck to deal with even more fatalities as the crisis persists.
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Don t fall for new GOP lies In reality, deadly Texas freeze is a plea for a Green New Deal
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Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the Green New Deal in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 24, 2019. Richard Vogel/AP
A coalition of progressive groups say they are organizing a sweeping network to mobilize around climate change, racial and environmental justice, making a new unified push as President-elect Joe Biden is days away from taking office with Democrats set to control both the House and the Senate.
The group, the Green New Deal Network, plans to invest in partner organizations in 20 key states to mobilize grassroots power to pressure elected officials to support their goals; introduce Green New Deal-related legislation at the state and local level, spearhead federal legislation that would implement parts of the Green New Deal agenda, and to pressure the incoming Biden administration to enact a series of executive actions rel