Progressives Gear Up For Broad New Push On Climate Action
A coalition of progressive groups say they are organizing a sweeping network to mobilize around climate change, racial and environmental justice, making a new unified as President-elect Joe Biden is days way from taking office with Democrats set to control both the House and the Senate.
The group, the Green New Deal Network, plans to invest in partner organizations in 20 key states to mobilize grassroots power to pressure elected officials to support their goals; introduce Green New Deal-related legislation at the state and local level, spearhead federal legislation that would implement parts of the Green New Deal agenda, and to pressure the incoming Biden administration to enact a series of executive actions related to climate, jobs and justice.
"Every day [SEIU members] confront the crisis of climate, as well as environmental racism and economic inequality,
