Links do not go through in a posted PDF. So here are the links to the Green New Deal presentation:
Rachel Slocum & Mark Darienzo - Green New Deal: A Conversation by 350PDX
● Resolution created by Sens. Markey & AOC in response to climate change. Presented video.
● 2 big ideas that need to be resolved within 12 years: 1) what to do to solve the climate crisis,
stop burning fossil fuels, which must happen quickly and 2) how to protect americans from this
rapid shift economically - guaranteed public employment, universal healthcare, etc. Rebuild
economy to help ordinary americans
● Green New Deal-adjacent initiatives:
○ Universal Pre-K (Starting 2022) to build care infrastructure,
○ Measure 26-217 Police Oversight,
○ City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Susatainability plans to levy fees on large
emitters,
○ Energy democracy campaign Dec 14 at 350PDX,
○ Municipal public banking for Oregon (public loans),
○ Climate Jobs