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"Green New Deal: Group Tied To Shadowy Network Created $93T Estimate" [1]

"What's in a number?

When it comes to the $93 trillion estimate for the Green New Deal, created by its critics, the answer is found in a network of interlinked groups: a think tank, its political arm and a super political action committee. Add a web of secret donors, and eager lawmakers, and you have the blurry outlines of an echo chamber that propels an unverified claim into the orbit of Washington politics.

Round and round it goes.

The price tag was tallied by the American Action Forum. The group, which counted Elaine Chao as a director on its board until shortly before she became President Trump's Transportation secretary, has received financial support from conservative groups that fund political attacks through undisclosed donors. They, in turn, have sometimes been funded by fossil fuel lobbying interests opposed to environmental regulations."

Scott Waldman reports for ClimateWire April 1, 2019. [2]

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Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
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Source: ClimateWire [2], 04/02/2019
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/green-new-deal-group-tied-shadowy-network-created-93t-estimate [2] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060137815 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81