A Green Perspective by Mark Dunlea, Co-Chair of the EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the United States While the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 drafted by Senators Machin and Schumer may represent the largest U.S investment to date on climate, it falls far short of the Green New Deal (GND) first called for by the Green Party in the U.S. in 2010 and fails to cut emissions fast enough to keep global warming below the 1.5 degree Celsius target. Continue reading

The Green Party first began calling for a Green New Deal in the U.S. in 2010. It combined a 10-year timeline for a transition to 100% clean renewable energy and zero emissions with an Economic Bill of Rights focused on a guaranteed living wage job, universal health care (expanded and Improved Medicare for All), housing, and education. Call President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to demand a true Green New Deal. (May 24nd is the call in day but contact them any day you want.) Continue reading

The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the U.S. held a virtual forum on Earth Day to May Day (EDMD) on Monday, April 11. Special guests included recent Green Party presidential nominees Howie Hawkins and Jill Stein, along with Ecoaction co-chair Dawn Marie Cronen & Mark Dunlea, and Markie Miller of the Ohio Greens Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Continue reading

Senator Joe Manchin, in a stunning reversal, announced today that he is selling all his holdings in coal companies and wants to replace President Biden’s Build Back Better proposal with a more robust Green New Deal. “I finally got around to reading the reports from the IPCC and I was stunned to learn how fast climate change is occurring. My ten grandchildren also really opened up my eyes about the need to give their generation a chance for a decent living. It is never too late to admit that you have made a mistake,” said Manchin. Continue reading

EcoAction is encouraging Greens to organize and participate in Earth Day to May Day (EDMD) activities. Please contact EcoAction ([email protected]) if your Green Party is sponsoring any events, actions, webinars around EDMD so we can include in our calendar. EcoAction will hold a webinar on April 11 outlining ways to participate in EDMD during its regular monthly meeting on the second Monday of the month at 9:00 PM ET. Continue reading

Join EcoAction at our monthly meeting on Monday, Feb. 14 (9 PM ET) to find out how you can become more active with our work – and to let us know how we can help you. We will be discussing our plans to organize local and national events for Earth Day and May Day, highlighting the urgency of solving not only climate change but embracing an EcoSocialist Green New Deal including an economic bill of rights.  Continue reading