Parsing the Green New Deal

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

Tech News, Environment, Sustainability, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, News, Cleantech, Wind Energy, Business, Climate Change, Solar Energy

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Green New Deal plan is out, and we’re suddenly having a national conversation about climate change again. It’s also injecting some early drama into the presidential primaries.

This week, we’re digging into the plan. We’ll tell you what’s in it, assess the reactions, and look at whether it will amount to anything. Also: is the democratic-socialist agenda antithetical the “creating climate wealth” framing — or complimentary?

Then, recycling is in crisis. You’re probably recycling wrong. China is cracking down. And your city is probably losing money. We’ll ask how to address it.

Finally, lab-grown meat and meat alternatives are facing a backlash from the meat industry. Bills are getting introduced in states around the country to prevent companies from using the word "meat." Could it set the industry back just as these products are gaining traction?

We’re doing a live show at the MIT Energy Conference on April 4 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Follow this link and use the promo code “energygang,” and we’ll give you a 10% discount on your ticket. Come join us for a fun live show on the energy picture in 2040.

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0:54.5	editor with the Green Tech Media in Boston. This week, Deal or no deal. The Green New Deal is
1:00.8	out and we're suddenly having a national conversation about climate
1:03.9	change here in the US.
1:05.4	It's a messy and somewhat disgusting conversation playing out on cable news, Twitter, and the polarized
1:10.5	corners of the web.
1:11.6	But it's also produced some thoughtful journalism and
1:14.0	it's injecting some early drama into the presidential primaries.
1:17.4	We'll tell you what's in it, assess the reactions, and look at whether it'll amount to anything.
1:21.6	Also, is the Democratic socialist agenda antithetical to the
1:25.8	creating climate wealth mantra that we talk about on this podcast? Then recycling is in crisis,
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