Green New Deal
Proper noun
Meaning
Green New Deal
(US politics) A set of proposed public policy changes to address climate change along with achieving other social aims like job creation and reducing economic inequality.
Examples
Deb (Haaland)'s history here with a vision that she and other leaders have had in Washington with a just transition and the Green New Deal is exactly what we need in this country. We don't need any more fossil fuels. We're done. We're done. What we need is the vision and a just transition.
“Ahead of the Nevada debates tonight, polling shows that an overwhelming 93% of Nevada likely Democratic caucus-goers support a Green New Deal.
Although the task force does not explicitly reference the Green New Deal, like Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal it calls for the United States to achieve “net zero global emissions” by 2050, as does Biden’s official plan.
Amid the rough-and-tumble exchanges, Trump was constantly the aggressor, and he repeatedly compelled Biden to distance himself from such policies as defunding police, single-payer health care, and the “Green New Deal.”
Biden should definitely govern with them in mind and go big on projects like the Green New Deal.
Amazon could pay $10 billion in taxes to the government to fund the Green New Deal.