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September 29, 2023

Rep. Bowman and Sen. Markey Introduce Green New Deal for Public Schools Act
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On Capitol Hill, Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Congressmember
Jamaal Bowman of New York have introduced the Green New Deal for Public
Schools Act, a $1.6 trillion initiative to eliminate all carbon
pollution from schools. Bowman, who is a former school principal, spoke
outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman: "Schools without windows - I know, I have worked in
them - without windows, and burning fossil fuels constantly, with toxins
all throughout the air, where kids - we're asking kids, our most
precious and vulnerable resource, to go learn in these spaces. That's
what we're asking them to do. So, while we are asking them to go to a
place to be nurtured and loved and educated, we are also harming and
killing them at the same time. So the Green New Deal for Public Schools
is a response to this crisis."



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