Bernie Sanders’s ‘Green New Deal’: Not So Green and Not So New

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By Angie SchmittAug 22, 2019, 5:17 pm225 pts
Senator Bernie Sanders today released his plan for decarbonizing the American transportation system, calling for a big boost in transit spending, a network of high-speed rail, and a phasing out of internal-combustion engines. The proposal, which he calls the Green New Deal, calls for moving toward 100 percent…

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