[1]Bowman for Congress

We all need a Green New Deal,
John.

That's why yesterday Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and I introduced our
bill — a Green New Deal for Cities, Towns, Counties, States, Tribes, and
Territories — to bring the fight against our climate crisis to the local
level.

As the climate crisis escalates, communities like ours in St. Louis and
Queens are suffering under environmental injustice. So many of our walls
are covered in lead paint. The polluted air we breathe stings our lungs
and leaves us with asthma. The temperatures in our communities are rising
and we're seeing more frequent extreme weather events along with it. Our
communities, and every other community in this country, need climate
action and environmental justice more urgently now than ever.

This bill would provide direct funding to local governments to respond to
this crisis AND create hundreds of thousands of good-paying union jobs in
the process.

[ [link removed] ]If you're with us in this fight to save our communities from a rapidly
escalating climate crisis, will you add your name to support the Green New
Deal for Cities bill?

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This is a crisis we're experiencing right here, right now. Folks are
already dealing with the harsh impacts of our climate crisis.

In my own home district of St. Louis, there are increasing signs of how
folks, especially Black and brown people, are hurting by a lack of local
funding and government support for climate action and environmental
protection. Our children are increasingly making more trips to the
emergency room for asthma attacks. Extreme temperatures are driving up
electric bills. And if we don't take meaningful action soon — we risk
handing down an unlivable planet to the next generation.

Just as the American Rescue Plan provided much needed federal resources to
local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green New Deal
for Cities would provide direct funding to our communities to respond to
the climate crisis. Specifically, this bill would:

* Authorize $1 trillion, with a minimum of 50% of all investments going
each to frontline communities and climate mitigation
* Fund an expansive array of climate and environmental justice projects
including wind power procurement, clean water infrastructure, and air
quality monitoring
* Support housing stability by conditioning funding to local governments
to ensure they work with tenant and community groups to prevent
displacement in communities receiving investment
* Support workers by including prevailing wage requirements, equitable
and local hiring provisions, apprenticeship and workforce development
requirements, project labor agreements, and Buy America provisions

We can have a country where good-paying jobs are available to all, where
we have clean air to breath and clean water to drink, in safe
neighborhoods that have the green spaces we need. But to make it happen,
we all need to join together to let Congress know that this bill is backed
by the people.

[ [link removed] ]It's going to take a strong show of grassroots support to pass the
Green New Deal for Cities and make sure we take our fight against the
climate crisis to the next level. John,
can I count on you to show your support?

Let's do this,

Cori Bush


 


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