Why in news?
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USA proposed Green New Deal an economic stimulus programs in the United States.
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Aims to address both climate change and economic inequality.
About GND
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It is a four-part program for moving America quickly out of crisis into a secure, sustainable future.
Background:
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It takes its name from U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous New Deal.
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A series of economic and social measures launched in the 1930s to end the Great Depression.
Aim:
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Aspires to make sweeping changes to the environment and economy and meet all of the U.S.’s power demand from clean sources by 2030.
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Also addressing racial and economic justice.
Source
The Hindu.