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PostJanuary 29, 2019

MIT in the News: This is What the Green New Deal Needs to Actually Work

There has been a lot of buzz around a Green New Deal recently, but many have expressed concerns about how to realistically implement such a progressive policy. In this piece published in Fortune, John Reilly, the co-director of MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, outlines the steps that would need to be taken to make a Green New Deal work.

http://fortune.com/2019/01/23/green-new-deal-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

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by MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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