Source: VOICE OF AMERICA, 4/2/19


When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced their Green New Deal resolution, Markey said it would be "the greatest blue-collar job creation program in a generation." President Donald Trump, on the other hand, said it would "put millions of Americans out of work." Battle lines have been drawn with the first major U.S. proposal to tackle climate change in nearly a decade: Does stopping global warming mean wrecking the economy? Or is failing to act worse?

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