{"id":1793,"date":"2019-03-04T16:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/food-faith\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2021-01-29T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:28:39","slug":"climate-justice-alliance-pushing-for-a-just-green-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/gnd\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Justice Alliance Pushing for a Just Green New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1796 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/gnd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1390\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/gnd.png 1390w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/gnd-500x293.png 500w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/gnd-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/gnd-1000x586.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1390px) 100vw, 1390px\" \/>Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), a grantee partner of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, has the ear of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. CJA members support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gp.org\/gnd_full\">Green New Deal<\/a>, but they continue to push for language and legislation that aims for zero emissions, not just a net-zero. Net-zero goals allows high-emission polluters to continue polluting and to rely on offsets and carbon capture and storage technologies to take the carbon out of the atmosphere. CJA\u00a0 advocates for keeping it in the ground to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/grist.org\/article\/the-green-new-deal-may-be-falling-short-on-its-environmental-justice-promise\/<\/p>\n<p>The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ienearth.org\/talking-points-on-the-aoc-markey-green-new-deal-gnd-resolution\/\">explains<\/a> how the GND, as currently framed, could cause harm to Indigenous communities. IEN argues that the only way to prevent this is to keep fossil fuels in the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2019\/3\/1\/meet_the_kids_who_confronted_sen\">other climate news<\/a>, 10-year-old Magdalena, and her brother Rio (12) were interviewed on Democracy Now! after they brought their request to Senator Feinstein to support the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/magdalena-e1551734682287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" \/>\n<p>Also <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/article\/meet-the-16-year-old-who-went-viral-after-asking-dianne-feinstein-to-support-a-green-new-deal\/\">meet Isha Clarke<\/a>, a 16-year-old from Oakland, to whom Senator Feinstein offered an internship during that same meeting (above). Clarke is a member of the climate group <a href=\"https:\/\/350bayarea.org\/youth-vs-apocalypse\">Youth vs. Apocalypse<\/a>, a young people-led organization under the umbrella of the Bay Area\u2019s chapter of the climate advocacy group 350.org.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1797 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/clarke-feinstein-1500x844.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Other Newsworthy Reads!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grain.org\/e\/6148\"><strong>Supermarkets and convenience stores: the unflinching plastic polluters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.coop\/stories\/selma-locals-look-to-cooperatives\"><strong>Platform Co-op Thought to be a Game Changer in Selma, Alabama<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2019\/02\/15\/features\/urgency-climate-change-advocacy-backfiring-says-citizen-potawatomi-nation\"><strong>Urgency in climate change advocacy is backfiring, says Citizen Potawatomi Nation scientist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/may\/15\/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interview\"><strong>Food apartheid: the root of the problem with America&#8217;s groceries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refugeesinternational.org\/blog\/2018\/8\/25\/amid-hurricane-mara-disaster-in-puerto-rico-strong-community-leaders-emerge\"><strong>Amid Hurricane Mar\u00eda Disaster in Puerto Rico, Strong Community Leaders Emerge\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/food-faith\/cop24-youth-vision\/\"><strong>125,000 Youth Draw the World They Want!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), a grantee partner of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, has the ear of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. 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