"Not seen since World War II"

Ocasio-Cortez says we need World War II-scale action on climate. Here’s what that looks like. The Green New Deal resolution introduced last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) states that fighting climate change requires “a new national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II.” The world’s leading climate scientists agree. In 2015, for instance, they called for a sweeping mobilization — “a radical transition (deep decarbonization now and going forward),” as they described it — to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate change. And last October, the world’s nations unanimously agreed with our top scientists that preserving a livable climate requires “system changes” across the economy that “are unprecedented in terms of scale.” Judging by their initial reactions to the Green New Deal resolution, President Donald Trump, Republican leaders, and other longtime opponents of climate action seem to have decided that the best way to block such an economy-wide mobilization is to try to paint it as “socialism.” However, winning WWII wasn’t socialism. Neither is the Green New Deal. [READ MORE]( [Trump signals preference for second shutdown over Congress’ compromise]( [READ MORE]( [American Jews shouldn’t let the right smear Ilhan Omar over a bad tweet]( [READ MORE]( [West Virginia lawmaker says there’s no reason to punish him for comparing LGBTQ community to KKK]( [READ MORE]( [Trump makes wild claim that Ralph Northam wants to ‘execute’ newborn babies]( [READ MORE]( [Denver teachers go on strike for the first time in 25 years]( [READ MORE]( "Any attempt by this president to pardon himself, his family, or key witnesses in the Mueller or SDNY investigations would represent an abuse of power that would require a response by Congress.” [Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)]( laying out the facts in prepared remarks shared with ThinkProgress CAPAF | ThinkProgress Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent to{EMAIL}. [unsubscribe](