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This week on CounterSpin: The Green New Deal is a vision, about how we might use the economic transformation required to address the climate crisis to advance workers rights and well-being. In the corporate press, it’s often either reduced to a story about Democratic Party fortunes, or vagued out to some ideas about the “green dream or whatever,” in Nancy Pelosi’s words. There’s another conversation, though, where people take seriously the need and the possibility to center working people in the fight for the planet. We’ll talk with Joe Uehlein, founding president of the Labor Network for Sustainability.
Transcript: ‘Climate Change Is the Real Job Killer’
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Also on the show: House Democrats have introduced a bill to force the US to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. They, and reporters whose range doesn’t extend beyond them, may have been surprised to hear environmentalists respond overwhelmingly, “Oh come on.” As Food & Water Watch’s Wenonah Hauter put it, “The terms of the Paris Accord aren’t low-hanging fruit, they’re fruit that has fallen to the ground and begun to rot.” We’ll talk about what’s beyond Paris with Basav Sen, the Climate Justice project director at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Transcript: ‘How Does the US Compensate the World for the Damage It Has Done?’
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Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look back at commentary on Venezuela.
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The Green New Deal is just a “Green Dream”! While many of its components are legitimate, many are ridiculous as well. In its current form, there is no way to even pay for it.
We certainly should work toward more sustainable “greener” energy, but the GND isn’t the answer.