Markey Win Shows Green New Deal Far From Irrelevant
09/02/20 • 17 min
Prospects for the Green New Deal legislative package were looking dim after it was introduced in Congress early last year. But since then it's had some surprising ripple effects.
For example, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) used his early support of the Green New Deal to fend off an intra-party challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III. Markey beat Kennedy by more than 10 percentage points in their state's Sept. 1 primary.
On this episode of Parts Per Billion, environment reporter Dean Scott explains how Markey used his environmental credentials to hold onto his seat and how the Green New Deal may play a significant role on Capitol Hill for years to come.
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Prospects for the Green New Deal legislative package were looking dim after it was introduced in Congress early last year. But since then it's had some surprising ripple effects.
For example, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) used his early support of the Green New Deal to fend off an intra-party challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III. Markey beat Kennedy by more than 10 percentage points in their state's Sept. 1 primary.
On this episode of Parts Per Billion, environment reporter Dean Scott explains how Markey used his environmental credentials to hold onto his seat and how the Green New Deal may play a significant role on Capitol Hill for years to come.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Parts Per Billion - Markey Win Shows Green New Deal Far From Irrelevant
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Hey, remember the Green New Deal. Well you probably don't because so many people have been saying for so long it's dead on arrival. But today on Parts Pavilion, we talked about why reports of the Green New Deal's demise maybe greatly exaggerated. Hello, and welcome back once again to Parts of Pervilion, the environmental podcast from Bloomberg Law. I'm your host David Schultz. When the Green New Deal was introduced in tween, it didn't exactly tak
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