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'''New Consensus''' provides the theoretical backbone for the [[Green New Deal]]. | '''New Consensus''' provides the theoretical backbone for the [[Green New Deal]]. | ||
| − | According to E&E News: {{ | + | According to E&E News: {{quotebox| “A policy group is being formed to support an energized progressive movement that’s taken Capitol Hill by storm under the leadership of Rep.-elect [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] (D-N.Y.). It’s called the New Consensus. The [[501c(3)]] nonprofit is in the process of being formed to provide a policy platform that will underpin the ambitious—and increasingly politically popular—Green New Deal aimed at weaning the [[United States]] off [[fossil fuels]], boosting renewables and clean energy jobs, and building a ‘smart’ grid. |
Front and center will be [[Rhiana Gunn-Wright]], a 29-year-old Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar who will serve as the group’s policy director working to flesh out details of the plan.“<ref>https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060107485</ref>}} | Front and center will be [[Rhiana Gunn-Wright]], a 29-year-old Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar who will serve as the group’s policy director working to flesh out details of the plan.“<ref>https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060107485</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 06:05, February 12, 2019
New Consensus provides the theoretical backbone for the Green New Deal.
According to E&E News:
“A policy group is being formed to support an energized progressive movement that’s taken Capitol Hill by storm under the leadership of Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). It’s called the New Consensus. The 501c(3) nonprofit is in the process of being formed to provide a policy platform that will underpin the ambitious—and increasingly politically popular—Green New Deal aimed at weaning the United States off fossil fuels, boosting renewables and clean energy jobs, and building a ‘smart’ grid. Front and center will be Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a 29-year-old Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar who will serve as the group’s policy director working to flesh out details of the plan.“[1]
Gunn-Wright was a policy team intern for former first lady Michelle Obama. In 2018, she served as policy director for the far-left Abdul El-Sayed in his unsuccessful gubernatorial run in Michigan. Gunn-Wright put together a “uniquely comprehensive suite of policy proposals, including a commitment to establishing a $15 minimum wage; tuition-free college for Michiganders with family income under $150,000; aggressive criminal justice reform; and the most detailed state-level single-payer health care plan ever,” according to The Intercept.[2]