US EditionBiden administration to create climate corps program, a major progressive ask
- The American Climate Corps, inspired by the US Peace Corps, aims to recruit over 20,000 diverse Americans to conserve and restore lands and waters.
- This initiative will create jobs in various fields, including coastal wetlands restoration, wildfire forest management, and clean energy projects.
- The creation of the Climate Corps fulfills a longstanding request from youth climate groups and was part of Biden's campaign promises.
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Biden Administration Announces Creation of Climate Corps Jobs Program
On Wednesday, the White House announced the formation of a new jobs program designed to address the climate crisis and other environmental concerns in the United States. The American Climate Corps is modeled after federal public works programs that were created during the Great Depression. Within its first year, the program will employ around 20,000 individuals to “ensure more young people have... Source
Biden will use his executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program
The White House said the program will employ more than 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels and other work.
Colorado Climate Corps the seed for President Biden’s new American Climate Corps plan
President Joe Biden on Wednesday mobilized 20,000 young people as part of a new American Climate Corps that will train the next generation of workers in using climate resilient strategies to conserve public lands. The workforce and service initiative is modeled after the New Deal program of the 1930s that rallied tens of thousands of young workers on projects like Red Rocks Amphitheater, roads and campgrounds in Rocky Mountain National Park and…
Biden Uses Executive Authority to Roll Out Green Jobs Training Program
by Nick Pope President Joe Biden will use executive authority to establish a green jobs training problem for young people after Congress shot down an earlier attempt to do so, the White House announced Wednesday. The American Climate Corps (ACC) is projected to help about 20,000 people find work in climate-related fields, including facilitating pathways to working in federal civil service, according to the White House. An earlier version of Bi…
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