'Moonshot moment': UK MPs join Global Alliance for a Green New Deal

Michael Holder
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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Labour MP Clive Lewis are co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on a Green New Deal in the UK
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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Labour MP Clive Lewis are co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on a Green New Deal in the UK

Labour MP Clive Lewis and Caroline Lucas of the Green Party join lawmakers from US, Brazil, EU and Costa Rica in new global climate justice campaign

Leading progressive lawmakers from the UK, USA, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the European Parliament are among those joining forces in a new Global Alliance for a Green New Deal today, in a bid to promote the...

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