Bold, but Perhaps Flawed, Climate Vision
November 18, 2019
The plan just released by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders to rein in climate change may “win high marks for ambition,” but numerous scientists and economists also call it “technically impractical, politically unfeasible, and possibly ineffective,” a New York Times article says. This view aligns with a recent Issues column arguing that similar proposals offered in the original Green New Deal were more socially divisive than practical, and that elected officials in the “vital center” should forge coalitions on behalf of “politically viable and effective policy approaches.”