For Climate Action
Themes & Methods
The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal (GND) is a proposed stimulus program that aims to address climate change and economic inequality. The name refers to the New Deal, a set of social and economic reforms and public works projects undertaken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. The Green New Deal combines Roosevelt’s economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency.
The Work Progress Administration
The WPA was a 1930’s New Deal agency that employed millions of people to build public works projects all over the United States, including the Jewel Box in Forest Park and the beginning stages of the Arch. The program built over 10,000 bridges, many airports, housing, and a new park and school in almost every community in the country. Art was also part of the program with over 225,000 theater and music performances and a legacy of murals.
Recognizing the Duty of the Federal Government to Create a Green New Deal
H.Res.109 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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It is the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal,
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A) to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers;
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(B) to create millions of good, high-wage jobs and ensure prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States;
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(C) to invest in the infrastructure and industry of the United States to sustainably meet the challenges of the 21st century;
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(D) to secure for all people of the United States for generations to come clean air and water; climate and community resiliency; healthy food; access to nature; and a sustainable environment;
(E) to promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing historic oppression of indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, and youth (referred to in this resolution as “frontline and vulnerable communities”).
How will we pay for it?
The WPA was a 1930’s New Deal agency that employed millions of people to build public works projects all over the United States, including the Jewel Box in Forest Park and the beginning stages of the Arch. The program built over 10,000 bridges, many airports, housing, and a new park and school in almost every community in the country. Art was also part of the program with over 225,000 theater and music performances and a legacy of murals.