Climate
The Congresswoman’s first piece of legislation was the Green New Deal. Like President Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Green New Deal would create millions of jobs preparing our country for the impacts of climate change and transitioning our national energy grid to renewable sources. Thanks in part to her advocacy, last year, the federal government made its biggest ever investment in climate change - $369 billion to fight climate change, 9 million green jobs and net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
For more on the Green New Deal and other work the Congresswoman has done on climate change, please read below.
More on Climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today unveiled their updated Electric Vehicle (EV) Freedom Act, which will create good-paying, union jobs nationwide, electrify America's highway system and take necessary and profound steps to combat climate change.
You can watch a press conference here.
The Bronx, NY – Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) will host her monthly town hall for NY-14 constituents on Friday, April 23, at 5:30PM ET. At the virtual event, she will discuss the Green New Deal, which she reintroduced alongside other climate legislation this week. She will also discuss how to get up to $9,000 reimbursed through the FEMA funeral assistance program if you lost a loved one to COVID-19. Additionally, the Congresswoman will take questions from the audience.
Washington, D.C. - Tuesday morning, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reintroduced the Green New Deal Resolution (GND). The lawmakers announced the reintroduction, alongside co-sponsors and leaders from the labor, environmental justice and climate movements, at a press conference in front of the National Mall, a project whose renovation was funded in part by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
QUEENS, NY - Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and eight other members of the New York City delegation sent a letter to Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, expressing concerns about NRG Energy's Astoria Replacement Project. NRG is currently seeking to update the 50-year-old turbine at their Astoria-area power plant with new natural gas-fired power.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Nydia Velázquez and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led a group of 14 House and Senate Members in calling on FEMA to use its planned $9.6 billion investment in Puerto Rico's electrical grid to help transition the island to renewable energy. This formal request comes as Texans are facing the devastating consequences of their state's failure to invest in renewable energy and prepare their infrastructure for climate change.