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Edward Markey: “We need the green New Deal.”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 08:03

Clean cars that use less gasoline, renewable power, wind and solar built by union labor. Environmental justice, environmental justice led by communities. We need the green New Deal. These are the solutions that I have fought for and I have won. It is a fight for clean power, a fight for climate power, and a fight for working class power. (08:03–08:06)

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Asserts the necessity of the Green New Deal for environmental and economic reform.

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