Elites who divorce climate policy from social justice are almost as out of touch as those who deny climate science altogether
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks about the Green New Deal at Howard University. The Democratic congresswoman says adequately addressing climate change would cost at least $10tn. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP
If you set aside Republicans’ obsession with cow farts, perhaps the most prevalent criticism of the Green New Deal is its emphasis on social justice. Critics contend that the far-reaching climate agenda is far too concerned with extraneous issues such as jobs, infrastructure, housing, healthcare and civil and indigenous rights. Stick to greenhouse gases, they say; reforming the energy system is utopian enough.
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