The Green New Deal increases access to high quality healthcare, housing, and jobs that can benefit people with disabilities
NYSNA ND; New York State Nurses Association No Date, “Why the Green New Deal Matters to Labor and for the Public’s Health”, https://www.nysna.org/why-green-new-deal-matters-labor-and-public’s-health
Today, as we tackle the fundamental crises facing our country—income inequality and climate change—members of Congress have looked back to FDR’s approach and proposed the Green New Deal. Like Roosevelt, the Green New Deal focuses on what historians call the “three Rs”: 1) relief for the unemployed and the poor; 2) recovery of the economy; and 3) reform of the financial system.
Within the next 10 years, the Green New Deal aims to provide everyone in the country with:
High-quality healthcare
A job with a family-sustaining wage, family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security
Affordable, safe housing
Access to clean water, clean air, healthy and affordable food, and nature
Resources, training, and high-quality education, including higher education
It will do this by creating jobs and government programs that will:
Move 100 percent of the power demand to clean, renewable, zero-emission energy sources
Repair and upgrade infrastructure
Spur massive growth in clean manufacturing
Ensure that all Green New Deal jobs are union jobs that pay prevailing wages and hire local
Upgrade buildings to maximal energy efficiency, water efficiency, safety, affordability, comfort, and durability
Ensure affordable access to electricity
Overhaul transportation systems to eliminate pollution from transportation
Work with farmers and ranchers to eliminate pollution from agriculture