Congressional Republicans have called it “zany." President Donald Trump has mocked it as a “high school term paper that got a low mark.” But the goals of the Democrats’ far-reaching Green New Deal to tackle climate change and economic inequity are within the realm of technological possibility, agree several energy experts and economists (though not within the 10-year timeframe the plan sets out). The bigger challenge is finding money and political will. [NYTimes]
Topping the news: Advocates for a bill to ban conversion therapy — a widely discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity — gathered to rally for the proposal at the Utah State Capitol, where some discussed their own experiences undergoing the methodology.