Everyone’s talking about Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, but no one knows what it is

The Green New Deal championed by Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is one of the hottest progressive policy ideas around.

But virtually no one knows what it is.

In fact, many in the media and elsewhere who think they know what it means, likely have it wrong. Or aren’t explaining the full picture.

Since the midterms, dozens of U.S. representatives and at least four Democratic senators have pledged support to create a Select Committee to create l...