19459011 data-component-name=19459012> 19659002 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey at an interview revealing Green New Deal legislation in 2019. 19659003 (Image credit: SAUL LOEB by means of Getty Images) 19659004 In this excerpt from (MIT Press, 2026), author 19459048 Leah Stokes , an associate teacher of ecological politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, takes a look at a confident minute in U.S. politics when environment modification took spotlight: when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey increase require a Leah C. Stokes is Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at UC Santa Barbara. As a leading environment supporter, she has actually promoted environment policy in the United States at all levels of federal government and was picked for Time 19459053 Publication’s Time100 Next list and Company Insider ‘s leading 30 worldwide environment leaders. A recipient of a Harvard University Radcliffe Fellowship, she is the author of the acclaimed Brief Circuiting Policy 19459053, which was noted as one of the leading 5 environment books in 2020 by 19459052 The New York City Times 19659006 19459056 Learn more