Editor's Note: This article was originally published on August 10, 2010. We're including as an example of the long-time support by Green Party candidates for the Green New Deal.

Sixty-two Green Party candidates nationwide today called for a "Green New Deal," to cut military spending by at least 70%, provide single-payer universal health care, make tuition free at public universities, create millions of new green jobs, abolish corporate personhood, ban usury and legalize marijuana.

Green candidates calling for the Green New Deal include ten candidates for governor, nine for the U.S. Senate and seventeen for the U.S. House of Representatives.

"The Green New Deal is a complete break from the failed policies of the Democratic and Republican parties that have led us to economic and environmental disaster," said Gary Ruskin, co-founder of Green Change, a national political organization.

"The Greens will pick up the New Deal torch the Democrats have dropped, reclaim the goals they have abandoned, such as job creation through public investment and single-payer health care, and expand the goals to include a sustainable green economy," said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for governor of New York.

These are the ten planks of the Green New Deal:

Cut military spending at least 70% Create millions of green union jobs through massive public investment in renewable energy, mass transit and conservation Set ambitious, science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, and enact a revenue-neutral carbon tax to meet them Establish single-payer "Medicare for all" health care Provide tuition-free public higher education Change trade agreements to improve labor, environmental, consumer, health and safety standards End counterproductive prohibition policies and legalize marijuana Enact tough limits on credit interest and lending rates, progressive tax reform and strict financial regulation Amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish corporate personhood Pass sweeping electoral, campaign finance and anti-corruption reforms

Green candidates who have endorsed the Green New Deal include:

Arizona

Rebecca DeWitt, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, AZ-4

Richard Grayson, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, AZ-6

Justin Dahl, Green candidate for AZ House of Representatives, District 12

Luisa Valdez, Green candidate for AZ House of Representatives, District 15

Angel Torres, Green candidate for AZ House of Representatives District 16

Gregor Knauer, Green candidate for AZ House of Representatives, District 17 vLinda Macias, Green candidate for AZ House of Representatives, District 21

Arkansas

Jim Lendall, Green candidate for Governor of AR

Joshua Drake, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, AR-4

Conrad Harvin, Green candidate for AR House of Representatives, District 33

California

Laura Wells, Green candidate for Governor of CA

Duane Roberts, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, CA

Charles Crittenden, Green candidate for CA State Treasurer

Ross Frankel, Green candidate for CA State Controller

Ben Emery, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, CA-4

Dave Heller, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, CA-9

Jeremy Cloward, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, CA-10

Jack Lindblad, Green candidate for CA State Assembly, District 39

Linda Piera-Avila, Green candidate for CA State Assembly, District 41

Lisa Green, Green candidate for CA State Assembly, District 53

Gary Blenner, Green candidate for Center Joint Unified School Board, CA

Colorado

Bob Kinsey, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, CO

District of Columbia

David Schwartzman, Green candidate for DC City Council At-Large

Florida

Anita Stewart, Green candidate for Hillsborough County Soil & Water Conservation Board, FL

Illinois

Rich Whitney, Green candidate for Governor of IL

LeAlan Jones, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, IL

Dan Kairis, Green Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, IL-14

Laurel Lambert Schmidt, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, IL-3

Michael Smith, Green candidate for Cook County Commissioner, District 2, IL

Maine

Erin Cianchette, Green candidate for ME House of Representatives, District 108

Michigan

Charlie Shick, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, MI-3

Matthew de Heus, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, MI-5

Candace Caveny, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, MI-10

Derek Grigsby, Green candidate for MI House of Representatives, District 7

Richard Kuszmar, Green candidate for MI Senate, District 9

Lou Novak, Green candidate for Wayne County Commissioner, District 6, MI

Maryland

Maria Allwine, Green candidate for Governor of MD

Natasha Pettigrew, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, MD

Missouri

Midge Potts, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, MO

Massachusetts

Nat Fortune, Green candidate for State Auditor, MA

Nevada

David Curtis, Green candidate for Governor of NV

New Jersey

Mark Heacock, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NJ-1

Steve Welzer, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NJ-4

Ed Fanning, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NJ-5

New York

Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor of NY

Cecile Lawrence, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, NY

Anthony Gronowicz, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, NY-7

Ann Roos, Green Candidate for NY State Senate, District 31

Carl Lundgren, Green Candidate for NY State Assembly, District 82

Ohio

Dennis Spisak, Green candidate for Governor of OH

Pennsylvania

Mel Packer, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, PA

Ed Bortz, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, PA-14

Rex D’Agostino, Green candidate for PA House of Representatives, District 183

South Carolina

Morgen Reeves, Green candidate for Governor of SC

Tennessee

Howard Switzer, Green candidate for Governor of TN

Texas

Deb Shafto, Green candidate for Governor of TX

Jim Howe, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, TX-11

Don Cook, Green candidate for Harris County Clerk, TX

Washington

Bob Burr, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, WA

Wisconsin

Ben Manski, Green candidate for Representative in the WI State Assembly, District 77

West Virginia

Jesse Johnson, Green candidate for U.S. Senate, WV

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