On 7 February 2019, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a non-binding Green New Deal resolution in the Senate and House, calling for a ten-year national mobilization to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions while expanding clean-energy jobs. The resolution did not pass but reshaped US climate-policy debate and influenced subsequent legislative proposals.
On 7 February 2019, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a non-binding Green New Deal resolution in the Senate and House, calling for a ten-year national mobilization to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions while expanding clean-energy jobs. The resolution did not pass but reshaped US climate-policy debate and influenced subsequent legislative proposals.
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Though non-binding, the Green New Deal resolution helped initiate a more ambitious decarbonization-policy agenda in the United States, framing the scale of climate action later partly reflected in federal clean-energy legislation.
