Senator Markey hosts Congressman Khanna on podcast
BOSTON (March 1, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today announced the fourth episode of the “Ed Markey Podcast” featuring Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17). The episode was released. In April 2023, Senator Markey and Representative Khanna. Green New Deal for Health, embeds medical, labor, and climate justice into our systems of care by authorizing $130 billion to support community health centers. During the conversation, the two senators Green New Deal for Health New Deal-era programs could be revived to strengthen climate change mitigation efforts and maintain affordable and accessible care.
“Eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from the health care system. So it's not just a health care system, it's a disease treatment system.” said Senator Markey. “It's actually making our country even sicker. It's environmental injustice. And it's contributing to the problems that young people in particular want to fix.”
Every Friday leading up to Earth Day in April, the Ed Markey Podcast will feature new episodes from a variety of climate change advocates, from lawmakers to youth organizers to environmental justice activists. The Ed Markey Podcast explores how the Green New Deal movement will meet America's national climate challenge by creating new union jobs, delivering long-awaited justice, and reducing dangerous pollution. We focus on how we have transformed.
Senator Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York's 14th District) recently released a new report called “Five Years of a Green New Deal,'' which states that the Green New Deal will deliver high-wage, clean jobs, environmental justice, He detailed climate action and what it means for society. It provides a path forward for years to come.
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