Klein a source for CNN opinion piece about Green New Deal
Sharon Klein, University of Maine associate professor of economics, contributed to Paul Hockenos’ opinion piece on CNN titled “The Green New Deal doesn’t require a tsunami of government funding.” While prices of solar power, wind power and batteries are low, “renewable energy should be spreading like wildfire across the United States. But although many states — such as California, Vermont, Minnesota and New York — are boldly forging ahead, most are not,” wrote Hockenos. He suggested American environmentalists look to Europe for guidance to implement the Green New Deal, which seeks to “address the interwoven crises of climate catastrophe, economic inequality, and racism at the scale that science and justice demand.” If the ”federal government is unwilling, Hockenos said states should” sweep aside” impediments with “legislation mandating the access of all producers, no matter how large or small, to the grid. Klein wrote, “State policies need to support community renewables, rather than actively blocking them or trying to drive them toward a utility ownership model.”