The Green New Deal has come of age just in time

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We have a clear plan to meet the demands of the climate strikers, argues Green MEP Molly Scott Cato

Millions of people, the majority of them school, college and university students, took to the streets across the world this month, to demand immediate action on the climate emergency. It's clear they want...

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