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NYT Pushes Back On Democrats’ Green Jobs Promises: ‘It’s Not So Simple’

Eric Quintanar
NYT Pushes Back On Democrats’ Green Jobs Promises: ‘It’s Not So Simple’
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The New York Times is pushing back against some of the green jobs promises Democratic primary candidates have made ahead of the CNN Climate Town Hall on Wednesday.

Liz Friedman, a climate and environmental policy reporter for the Times, writes that “nearly every presidential candidate claims that cutting greenhouse gases will lead to an economic bananza,” but also notes that some experts believe that the reality is “far more complicated.”

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