Green New Deal
“We must be daring and courageous in response to our climate crisis. It’s happening right here at home.”
The Green New Deal is a fast and necessary transition to 100% renewable energy for everyone. We need to eliminate fossil fuel use everywhere, and we need to cut off the social licensing and financing of fossil fuel companies. We must divest, desponsor, and defund these companies and finally put an end to this industry’s legal immunity.
The Green New Deal also puts people at the center of the plan to transition to a sustainable and equitable world. It provides Americans with the training, education, and job guarantees needed to ensure a feasible and just transition, especially for those communities that are the least responsible for climate change and the most affected by it: working class families, low-income workers, people of color, and indigenous peoples.
U.S. cities with the worst air pollution
#6: Modesto-Merced, CA
The Modesto-Merced area in California’s Central Valley had poor air quality by all measures in the American Lung Association report. It ranked 6th for annual particle pollution, 5th for 24-hour particle pollution and 7th for high ozone days.
#3: Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield has some unhealthy air. Beyond being ranked third for yearly particle pollution, it ranked worst for 24-hour particle pollution and 2nd for high ozone days.
#5: Fresno-Madera, CA
The Fresno-Madera metro area in California ranked 5th out of 187 metropolitan areas for yearly particle pollution. It also ranked very high in the other categories, coming in 3rd for 24-hour particle pollution and 4rd for high ozone days.
#2: Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA
Coming in second on the list was the Visalia-Porterville-Hanford metro area in California’s San Joaquin Valley. It’s a bit of an improvement over 2017’s #1 worst ranking.
It also ranked 2nd for 24-hour particle pollution and 3rd for high ozone days.
We must be daring and courageous in response to our climate crisis. It’s happening right here at home.
KIM WILLIAMS' VISION
THE GREEN NEW DEAL
- Creating unionized, high paying jobs to facilitate the transition to a green economy while ending our dependence on fossil fuels
- Investing in ecologically regenerative and sustainable agriculture
- Supporting front line communities who are hit first and worst to rebuild neighborhoods and school systems
- Saving families money by lowering energy bills and building affordable and high-quality, modern public transportation