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Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), one of the primary authors of the Green New Deal, took thousands of dollars from oil and gas lobbyists after publicly pledging to spurn “their dirty money.”

Former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden got a D-minus on Greenpeace’s just released “climate change report card.”

Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Sunday that she does not poll-test her policy proposals.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared on Sunday that the Green New Deal will reverse purported “colonial” attitudes associated with growing vegetables in community gardens.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said at a Green New Deal rally on Monday night that climate change will cause “international havoc and war.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at a rally on Monday in Washington, DC, that regular people and not big money are powerful today.

President Donald Trump celebrated the economic success of the energy boom taking place under his administration on Tuesday, mocking Democrats for endorsing the “Green New Deal” that would endanger energy jobs.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said during a campaign stop on Monday that we need a “green revolution” to tackle climate change, which could serve as an alternative to other 2020 Democrat presidential candidates’ Green New Deal. 

Appearing Sunday on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Bill Nye launched into an profanity-laden and hyperbolic rant about climate change, exclaiming “the planet’s on fucking fire!”

Supporters of President Donald Trump crashed New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference touting the city’s “Green New Deal” inside the lobby of Trump Tower on Monday morning, holding signs with insults directed at the far-left Democrat.

After her recent move to Washington D.C., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has discovered what a garbage disposal is, describing it as “terrifying” in a series of photos and videos she shared to her Instagram account.

Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), who is running for president in 2020, criticized his Democratic rivals for embracing left-wing policies like “Medicare for All” and the “Green New Deal” Tuesday, calling them “unrealistic.”

A poll has found that majority of Britons have said that they will not give up meat, driving, or flying to stop alleged ‘climate change,’ after MPs backed a motion to declare an “environment and climate emergency.”

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel imports are helping to clean up the environment in Pennsylvania while boosting investments in American manufacturing workers.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation Tuesday that would curb federal agencies’ “billion-dollar” binge spending at the end of the year.

A poll of likely voters in New Hampshire shows Former Vice President Joe Biden is the best pick for beating President Donald Trump in 2020.

MoveOn’s Political Action in Michigan’s 13th congressional district is endorsing Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for re-election in 2020 with 88 percent of its 7,000 members in favor of the move.

New York City plans to reduce the amount of red meat served in municipally-run facilities by half to combat climate change as part of the city’s recently-approved “Green New Deal.”

Monday in New Hampshire at a CNN town hall, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) once again insisted that as a 2020 presidential candidate she possesses the ability to win over America’s Heartland, which largely supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

There was record youth voter turnout in the 2018 midterms, with two-thirds of young voters picking a Democrat, according to the poll.

Appearing Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city’s own Green New Deal will “ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers,” warning property owners will face massive fines unless buildings are retrofitted to reduce emissions. 

Foreign Policy magazine is claiming that the United States owes the world $1 trillion dollars from damage it has caused with carbon emissions.

Union members protested Eric Garcetti’s “Green New Deal” policies, which they worry will cost jobs and raise electricity rates.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) debuted a film of a Green New Deal future where mangroves replace pipelines and there are union jobs for all.

The “liberal coalition” is largely silent on the country’s rapid population growth caused nearly entirely by legal immigration and its impact on the environment, Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Steve Camarota says.

Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asserted Tuesday afternoon that the environment is a “major factor fueling global migration.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reintroduced the Medicare for All Act on Wednesday, with four of his 2020 competitors cosponsoring the bill.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he believes that health care will be the defining issue of the 2020 presidential election. 

Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke proposed Friday in Iowa that the U.S. “allow” farmers to give up their “fair share” of crops to fight climate change.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) has a lot of leftwing Americans supporting his presidential campaign, but he also has leftist fans abroad.

Matt Gaetz on Wednesday unveiled the “Green Real Deal,” which he calls a realistic counterproposal to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal.” 

Gaetz (R-FL) will unveil a “Green Real Deal” on Wednesday, as a counterproposal to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)’s “Green New Deal.” 

“The Green New Deal,” Trump said. “Done by a young bartender, 29-years-old, a young bartender, wonderful young woman.”

A majority of likely voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania oppose the Green New Deal, as 35 percent oppose the proposal, and only 23 percent support it. In Wisconsin, 36 percent of likely voters oppose the plan, and 29 percent of voters support it.

Data show overwhelmingly that in recent decades, jobs and income growth have been much higher in the cities than in rural areas.

During a town hall on MSNBC on Friday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that the Green New Deal isn’t just about climate, but is also about the economy and social and racial justice. She added that the U.S. has “confronted this type of stagnation and this type of systemic threat” before during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War by mobilizing the economy.