Society around a new vision of a carbonfree economy that works for everyone. Is it a fantasy or the beginnings of a New Historical pivot point . The answer is unfolding right now before our eyes. This is all in america the Green New Deal with alexandria ocasiocortez. Good evening from the bronx, new york. Were here at the Albert Einstein school of medicine. Part of the montefore headley system. I was born in this very hospital and the year i was born, 1979 there were 338 parts per million of Carbon Dioxide in the world. In 1989 thats ten years later its also the birth year of the congresswoman who represents this district. It was up to 355 parts per million and 2017, 405 parts per million. What do those numbers mean . Thats the highest in recorded history in ice core records dating all the way back 800,000 years. And heres the other thing. Half of all the Carbon Emissions we have put in the air as a society have happened in the last 30 years when we basically knew what we were doing. S
Fuels in the next decade were facing climate catastrophe. Were facing a national crisis. This is about american lives. The Green New Deal is a vision for reinventing American Society around a carbon free economy that works for everyone. Is it a fantasy or the beginnings off a New Historical pivot point . The answer is unfolding right now before our eyes. This is all in america. A Green New Deal with alexandria ocasiocortez. Were here at the Albert Einstein school of medicine. I was born in this very hospital and the year i was born, 1979 there were 338 parts per million of Carbon Dioxide in the world. And 1989, the birth year of the congress wrm who represents thi district. What do those numbers mean . Thats the highest in recorded history in ice core records dating all the way back 800,000 years. And heres the other thing. Half all the Carbon Emissions we have put in the air as a society have happened in the last 30 years, when we basically knew what we were doing. In 2018 un scientis