the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood, NJ — Once a rallying cry for progressive climate policy, the Green New Deal is now becoming a political liability for many Democrats. President Joe Biden once hailed it as a hallmark of his first term, but as President Trump works to dismantle much of its agenda, many on the Left are quietly stepping away from the once-celebrated plan.
In New Jersey, gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has pledged to take a dramatically different approach. His proposed Energy Master Plan embraces an “all-of-the-above” strategy, repealing what he calls unrealistic and unaffordable mandates on:
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Electric vehicle sales quotas
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Restrictions on household appliances
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Costly home renovation and construction rules
Ciattarelli argues these policies drive up costs and punish working- and middle-class residents. He has also vowed to:
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Ban offshore wind farms along the Jersey Shore
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Withdraw New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which he calls anti-competitive
The National Decline of the Green New Deal
In the last three months, Democrats in Congress have mentioned the Green New Deal only six times in public statements or on social media. By contrast, Republicans have referenced it 337 times—almost always as an example of wasteful, elitist policy.
Even its original champions, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), have not reintroduced their resolution calling for a 10-year mobilization toward a fully “clean energy” economy.
Why the Shift? Polls Tell the Story
Support for the Green New Deal has dropped among two critical groups:
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Independent voters are now 20 points less likely than in 2020 to favor wind and solar over fossil fuels.
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Minority voters increasingly doubt they can enjoy or maintain a middle-class lifestyle under strict green energy mandates.
As Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) bluntly put it:
“Every Latino man wants a big-ass truck. Nothing wrong with that.”
With renewable energy momentum slowing and fossil fuels back in political favor, the Green New Deal appears to be losing the broad coalition it once enjoyed—both in Washington and in New Jersey’s upcoming policy debates.
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That’s a very interesting picture of Village Hall. The readers should be reminded those solar panels haven’t worked for years.
It’s called Showtime
Truly amazing isn’t it, that’s like the solar panels on top of the emergency service building over by Douglas in Chestnut Street, that whole roof needs to be replaced. When they were installing the solar panels, the company noted that there’s extremely major rot throughout that building. The village has known this for a long time. And while we’re on that subject, there are many other buildings that the village failed to keep up. They let things just go into disrepair. That’s their logic the hell with it but to keep on rotten away so we don’t have to rebuild it. The taxpayers will have to pay to replace it. It’s called lack of maintenance from lack of employees. 15 years back when everybody was retiring and they weren’t replacing anyone. Look at me I’m saving the town a lot of money from not replacing anybody. Now look smart thinking back then.
Excuse me, who are you putting your thumbs down, you must be a management, you low life, you sneaky bastard, I know who you are.