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This week, my town of Glen Rock, New Jersey helped to fill a 26-foot truck during a Styrofoam drive.
As a borough councilmember, I’ve helped transition Glen Rock to renewable energy, install more electric vehicle charging stations, and ban plastic bags.
But to stop climate change, we need action on a national and global scale. That’s why I’m running for Congress on the Green New Deal.
I’m running to ban fracking, bring us back into the Paris Climate Accords, and fight for climate justice.
This month, Antarctica recorded its highest ever temperatures. New Jersey is one of the fastest-warming states in the nation, and we’re already seeing rising sea levels and intense floods.
My opponent says the Green New Deal will never happen. I’m running on the Green New Deal because we can’t afford piecemeal solutions to this global crisis.
Donald Trump’s anti-science agenda is appalling to scientists like me. We need to fight back with bold action.
My primary is in less than 100 days!
-- Arati
