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“True to its name, the Green New Deal is the most amateurish resolution in recent memory,” said Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), in a statement. “This legislation would change every aspect of American life—what we eat, how we travel, how we stay warm, and even what jobs we can take. This is no way to govern. Simply put—The Green New Deal is an attempt to disguise socialism in the name of environmental protections.”

It was not immediately clear whether the plan would receive a significantly warmer reception from President Joe Biden’s administration than it did from the administration of former President Donald Trump, who in 2019 had harsh words of criticism for the Green New Deal.

“It’ll kill millions of jobs. It’ll crush the dreams of the poorest Americans and disproportionately harm minority communities. I will not stand for it,” Trump said at the time. “We will defend the environment, but we will also defend American sovereignty, American prosperity, and we will defend American jobs.”

Biden, while campaigning for president, sought to distance himself from the Green New Deal, saying that he had his own “Biden plan” that was different from what he called “the radical Green New Deal.” Still, the Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice references the controversial legislative proposal as its underpinnings.
The president, who is hosting an online climate summit this week and announced in January that the United States would rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change, has promised to put the country on track to net-zero emissions by 2050—a much later deadline than set out in the Green New Deal.

Markey confirmed to reporters at the presser that he wants to go further than Biden’s plan.
“Yes. We believe that this is the moment that requires us to act big, think big, have a program that matches the magnitude of the problem that we’re confronted with,” Markey said.
Besides being roundly denounced by Republicans, the Green New Deal is likely to face opposition from moderate Democrats, such as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who voted against the pact in 2019 and was reported as saying on April 20 that the Green New Deal is “not practical,” that it “doesn’t work really if you’re talking about global climate,” and that “you can’t eliminate your way to a cleaner environment, you have to innovate your way.”

The Green New Deal calls for 100 percent of power demand to be met from zero-emission energy sources like wind and solar, modernizing transportation infrastructure, cutting carbon emissions from the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, as well as making buildings and homes more energy efficient. It also aims to create an economic safety net for communities affected by climate change and the shift away from fossil fuel use, including through guarantees of healthcare, jobs, and job training.

Moreno, in an interview with The Epoch Times’ Crossroads Program, argued against a heavy-handed regulatory approach to combat climate change, warning that if progressives “get their way,” there would be “climate lockdowns” of the kind that have been seen under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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