[caption id="attachment_305035" align="aligncenter" width="345"] Sunrise Movement activists outside Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office in December. Photo courtesy of Sunrise Movement.[/caption]

The Green New Deal seems to be the big idea of the moment. But will the ambitious climate change solution that also seeks a just and inclusive transition to a clean, fossil-fuel free economy live up to its aspirations? What will it take to build the broad coalition of environmental groups, labor groups, industry groups and politicians required to move this deal forward? Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal [1] editor Maureen Nandini Mitra discusses the details with RL Miller, who heads the political action committee Climate Hawks Vote [2], and Will Wiltschko, director of the California Trade Justice Coalition [3].

[1] http://www.earthisland.org/journal/

[2] http://climatehawksvote.com/

[3] http://catradejustice.org/