Giving Compass' Take:

• Although the US Senate rejected a resolution for a Green New Deal, the number of Americans who agree that climate change is a serious threat to the U.S. is continuing to grow and Republican lawmakers are becoming more willing to embrace the science on global warming and humanity's role in it. 

• What counter proposals will conservatives in the House and Senate offer? What role can donors play in this matter?

• Here's an article on funders proposing a philanthropic Green New Deal.

The United States Senate rejected a resolution for a Green New Deal, the non-binding resolution with lofty climate goals but few policy details about how to achieve them, on Tuesday. The resolution, introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), calls for the U.S. to reach net-zero emissions in just 10 years, while guaranteeing jobs and health care to all Americans. The far-reaching Green New Deal had little chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate, but it has motivated conservatives to join the conversation on climate change with proposals of their own.

At least six of the Democratic presidential candidates have thrown their support behind the Green New Deal, but instead of voting in favor of the loosely defined resolution, most Senate Democrats voted "present" on what many progressives are calling a "sham" vote. Ahead of the vote, Democrats and climate activists accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) of scheduling the vote to try to divide the Democratic Party over the loosely defined resolution and turn the deal into a political weapon.

Read the full article on what's next for The Green New Deal by Kate Wheeling at Pacific Standard.