by Colin Hines | Apr 24, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
This letter was in The Guardian on 24 April 2019: Greta Thunberg hits the nail on the head in calling for more support from the older generation and for the unions to get more active in tackling climate change (Activist lends support to general strike for the climate,...
by Colin Hines | Apr 23, 2019 | General
This article by Colin Hines was first published on Social Europe on 23 April 2019: The setback to the immediate plans of those seeking the UK’s exit from the European Union provides a window of opportunity to go on the offensive for an anti-populist, continent-wide...
by Larry Elliott | Apr 23, 2019 | General, Media, Other coverage
From the Guardian on 23 April 2019: In 2007, Larry Elliott met a friend to discuss the financial crisis. Over the course of the evening, and several drinks, they cooked up the Green New Deal – a plan to deal with the effects of the economic crisis and the threat...
by Richard | Apr 14, 2019 | General
It’s easy to think the Green New Deal is all about massive programmes for change. And in part that’s true. But there is also a great deal that can be done locally. In anticipation of local elections in some parts of the UK Richard Murphy prepared these...
by Richard | Apr 1, 2019 | General
Since it was founded in the UK in 2007, the Green New Deal (GND) programme for reducing climate emissions and transforming our economy has gone global. The GND founding group are looking for an experienced and passionate researcher, with excellent people and political...
by Richard | Mar 30, 2019 | General
This post by Colin Hines was on Brave New Europe on 29 March 2019: Some History Shortly before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 a group of UK environmentalists and economists published the first ‘Green New Deal’ report https://www.greennewdealgroup.org/. This...
by Caroline Lucas | Mar 27, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Business as usual is causing environmental destruction and spiralling inequality. Our bill is a radical plan to address both, says Caroline Lucas writing about the Green New Deal bill in the Guardian Faced with unprecedented challenges, politicians appear more divided...
by Caroline Lucas | Mar 26, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
MPs have taken the first steps towards a “Green New Deal” for the UK to accelerate efforts to cut emissions while transforming the economy and tackling inequality. ‘This bill sets a timetable that makes government, workers and communities the drivers of change,...
by Caroline Lucas | Mar 13, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Caroline Lucas MP, a member of the Green New Deal Group, had this letter published in the Financial Times on 13 March 2019: Green QE can apply to the Bank of England too From Caroline Lucas MP, House of Commons, UK Your editorial’s call for the EU’s European...
by Andrew Simms | Feb 11, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Andrew Simms explores the potential of the Green New Deal for the Rapid Transition Alliance, and asks what lessons can be learned from the New Deal A proposal for a Green New Deal from the dynamic new Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a...
