Daniel Goulden is a writer, teacher, and climate organizer living in Brooklyn. They were a lead organizer on the Public Power Campaign that passed the largest Green New Deal bill in US history.
Joe Biden’s newly unveiled American Climate Corps is set to provide green jobs training to just 20,000 people. It falls far short of the ambitious public jobs program the Left has long demanded.
Elon Musk has cultivated an image as a down-to-earth billionaire who can propel us into a wondrous climate change–free future. But even his most ambitious visions leave the plutocratic status quo intact.