In the United States and globally, the Green New Deal will continue to achieve critical gains, regardless of whatever the current administration says or does.
Governor Jerry Brown launched the most aggressive and successful combination of programs to combat climate change we have yet seen in the United States—understanding these programs can help other states do the same.
Jeannette Wicks-Lim is an economist and research fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She specializes in labor economics.
