Elizabeth Warren Proposes a Green New Deal for the Ocean

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https://earther.gizmodo.com/elizabeth-warren-proposes-a-green-new-deal-for-the-ocea-1840336206

Senator Elizabeth Warren envisions a future where our cars don’t run on gas but on the algae growing in our seas. That’s according to her “Blue New Deal” proposal out Tuesday that’s essentially a Green New Deal for the oceans. And what goes in our cars is only one quick example of the ways she would transform our relationship with the sea if she wins the presidency.

This idea of a Blue New Deal has been floated earlier this year. But Warren, whose array of comprehensive climate plans is really quite impressive, is the only presidential candidate so far to put out an oceans-focused environmental plan. Beyond algae for cars, the plan includes investing in efficient shipping ports and marine protected areas. And it couldn’t have come at a more timely moment.
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Now, Warren is presenting some solutions that would help not only our oceans and fishermen but our economy, too. The Blue New Deal rose to prominence at CNN’s climate crisis town hall in September when a fisherman asked Warren if she’d support such a proposal.

“I like that!” she said during the town hall. “I think he’s got it exactly right.”

Now, barely three months later, the Massachusetts senator is giving us a glimpse of what a bold policy package could look like. Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv, a solutions- and justice-based ocean sustainability organization, told Earther she’s really excited to see this type of proposal because it’s the first time oceans have received such detailed attention during a presidential election.
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