The Green New Deal is still the talk of the town, but behind the scenes it might be losing a little bit of steam, The Atlantic reports.
The deal, championed by rising star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), is still focused on broad ideas, and end goals — such as upgrading infrastructure and becoming 100 percent reliant on clean and renewable energy sources on a national scale — rather than the details of how to get there.
The think tank driving the policy-side of the Green New Deal is called New Consensus, which has no formal affiliation with Ocasio-Cortez, but reportedly was formed out of the same group of progressives activists which brought the congresswoman into the political fold. New Consensus, though, is a small team with little experience in the realm of energy or environmental policy, The Atlantic reports, which is likely part of the reason why the group is moving at such a "deliberate" pace while putting together policy — they now aim to have a playbook featuring "an appropriate level of detail" about the Green New Deal by Jan. 2020.
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There's some skepticism about the think tank, as well. New Consensus invited numerous climate-focused organizations who might help advise the think tank to a meeting in March, but some attendees were reportedly surprised by the "broad lack of climate-policy among the assembled," while other groups were upset they were not invited. New Consensus is also reportedly secretive about where their financial backing comes from, which has raised some eyebrows among climate activist groups, such as the Climate Justice Alliance. Read more at The Atlantic.
