Rallies For Green New Deal Planned At Local Congressmen's Offices

SAN DIEGO, CA –The environmentalist group San Diego 350 will hold rallies Thursday at the offices of two congressmen to urge them to support a Green New Deal.

Activists plan to target the offices of Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, and Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, by delivering signatures from their constituents in favor of the proposal and calling for their immediate action. According to San Diego 350, the rallies are intended to be in the spirit of a demonstration by activists who occupied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in November, calling for a Green New Deal.

The proposal remains nebulous for the time being, but the basic tenets would significantly reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions and shepherd the economy and energy sectors away from fossil fuels and toward carbon neutrality by 2030.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, proposed the idea shortly after being elected to Congress in the November mid-term election. Mike Levin, D-Oceanside, announced his support for the plan in December.

"A Green New Deal can help us transition to a 100-percent renewable energy economy, build a national smart grid, make green technology a major export, reduce carbon emissions in the agriculture and manufacturing industries, create jobs, and so much more," Levin said in a statement. "I'm ready to help lead our country on a path toward more renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and clean transportation to help mitigate climate change."

San Diego 350 plans to rally at Peters' office at 4350 Executive Drive, Suite 105, at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m., the organization will rally at Hunter's office at 1611 N. Magnolia Ave. in El Cajon.

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