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Democrats, including Alexandria Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New York, are calling for a Green New Deal to transform the US economy to fight climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy. (February 7)
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauded after the New York Post accused her of "hypocrisy" for promoting the Green New Deal initiative while continuing to travel by car and plane.

"Pack your bags, the Pulitzer has been decided." Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Sunday morning next to a photo of the home page of the post office. "No one can compete with this kind of hard-hitting journalism."

The Green New Deal resolution presented by Ocasio-Cortez aims, inter alia, to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero" in the next 10 years, to make existing infrastructure and buildings more sustainable and sustainable. energy efficient, and ensure universal access to clean air purification systems, water and food.

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A summary of the "Frequently Asked Questions" of the plan developed by the Ocasio-Cortez Office calls on the country to "revise the transport sector by significantly developing electric vehicle manufacturing, to build charging stations all over the world , to build a high-speed rail at an air traffic stop point becoming necessary, to create affordable public transportation accessible to all, with the aim of replacing all motor vehicles with combustion engines. "

The New York Post report suggests that this goal is hypocritical given that the Ocasio-Cortez campaign "relies heavily on these fuel-powered cars" when it is close to a subway station. .

The campaign listed 1,049 deals for Uber, Lyft, Juno and other car services, for a total of $ 29,365.70 in federal deposits, according to the New York Post.

The report also notes that the campaign spent $ 8,335.41 for 52 MetroCard transactions.

"I also fly and use AC," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday night. "Living in the world as it is is not an argument against working for a better tomorrow."

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