Biden launches "climate corps" to train youth in clean energy jobs
The initiative will offer paid training to 20,000 young people, with the aim to help them get high-paying jobs in areas of clean energy.
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The initiative will offer paid training to 20,000 young people, with the aim to help them get high-paying jobs in areas of clean energy.
Climate activists are pleased that the president is creating a civilian Climate Corps—albeit still hoping for much more.
The White House announced the American Climate Corps that will train young people in high-demand skills for jobs in the clean energy economy.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell laid into President Biden for using his executive power to create the American Climate Corps, a New Deal-style jobs training program that will pay 20,000 young people to go into careers fighting climate change.
The president's just-launched work and training program will accelerate America's climate resilience and its transition to sustainable energy — and make the rest of country more like California.