Friday, February 15, 2019

Meet with Rep. Ron Kind about the Green New Deal

We've just learned that 


Rep. Ron Kind will meet with local advocates of the Green New Deal on Wednesday morning, February 20, between 10:45 and 11:15 a.m. on the UWL campus 

(exact location will be posted here as soon as it's available).
If you are not able to attend in person, you may print and sign (and circulate) the petition
then email crsierraclub@gmail.com for pick up and delivery.

If you need to educate yourself about the scope, purpose, and priorities of the GND, read about it at Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, 350.org, Union of Concerned Scientists, and many others. New co-sponsors are signing on every day. As of now, there are 84 co-sponsors in the House (not Ron Kind yet) and 11 in the Senate.

Here are a few good articles about it: 

From The Intercept: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn on the Green New Deal (by Naomi Klein)
 
A poll conducted late last year by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication found that 81% of voters favor the GND including 59% of Republicans (see The Green New Deal has Strong Bipartisan Support)

The Sierra Club strongly supports the Green New Deal as an ambitious first step toward addressing the climate crisis while updating our failing infrastructure, creating good green energy jobs, and moving forward with justice and equity.

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