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House Democrats Unveil Climate Goal Short of Ocasio-Cortez’s

  • Plan seen as more politically realistic than ‘Green New Deal’
  • Calls for net-zero emissions 20 years later than Ocasio-Cortez

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House Democrats unveiled a target to stave off climate change Tuesday, one that is a far cry from the controversial Green New Deal being championed by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives.

Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation this year that calls for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a less ambitious but politically, and technologically, achievable alternative to Ocasio-Cortez’s sweeping Green New Deal that called for hitting that target by 2030.