Biden Administration , Announces New-Deal Style , American Climate Corps.
'The Guardian' reports that President Joe Biden plans to use his executive authority to create the American Climate Corps.
'The Guardian' reports that President Joe Biden plans to use his executive authority to create the American Climate Corps.
The New Deal-style program is meant as a major green jobs training program.
On September 20, the White House said that the program would employ approximately 20,000 young adults.
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The program is intended to make new trails, plant trees, install solar panels and otherwise help boost conservation efforts.
'The Guardian' reports that the program is also meant to help prevent catastrophic wildfires.
Biden's previous efforts to form a climate corps have been thwarted by Congress amid strong opposition from Republicans and funding concerns.
The new program is modeled after Franklin D Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps, which was created in the 1930s as part of the New Deal.
Lawmakers who have pushed for the program to be formed have cited deadly heatwaves, dangerous floods and devastating wildfires.
'The Guardian' reports that the White House declined to offer details as to the cost of the program or where that funding will come from.
White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi said the program would partner with at least six federal agencies and ten states that have already begun similar programs
