New Consensus
New Consensus provides the theoretical backbone for the Green New Deal.
According to E&E News:
âA policy group is being formed to support an energized progressive movement thatâs taken Capitol Hill by storm under the leadership of Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Itâs called the New Consensus. The 501c(3) nonprofit is in the process of being formed to provide a policy platform that will underpin the ambitiousâand increasingly politically popularâGreen New Deal aimed at weaning the United States off fossil fuels, boosting renewables and clean energy jobs, and building a âsmartâ grid. Front and center will be Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a 29-year-old Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar who will serve as the groupâs policy director working to flesh out details of the plan.â[1]
Gunn-Wright was a policy team intern for former first lady Michelle Obama. In 2018, she served as policy director for the far-left Abdul El-Sayed in his unsuccessful gubernatorial run in Michigan. Gunn-Wright put together a âuniquely comprehensive suite of policy proposals, including a commitment to establishing a $15 minimum wage; tuition-free college for Michiganders with family income under $150,000; aggressive criminal justice reform; and the most detailed state-level single-payer health care plan ever,â according to The Intercept.[2]