Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion: Think Tank

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), (R), during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs outside the Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

A think tank led by a former Congressional Budget Office director said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) big plan to fight climate change could cost as much $93 trillion.

By comparison, total government spending over the next 10 years is projected at less than $60 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.