The White House on Wednesday announced a program that will aim to train 20,000 young people for climate-focused jobs related to clean energy, land restoration, forest management and more.
In addition to training, the program also intends to be a pipeline for participants to get hired into green jobs.
In 2021, he proposed spending $30 billion on a Civilian Climate Corps, which would have had over 300,000 members, as a part of the larger Build Back Better Act bill, the framework of Biden's climate agenda.
The Civilian Climate Corps appeared to be a modern version of the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a program for unmarried young men to train for jobs in public land and forest improvement.
The White House didn't announce how much it was spending on the program.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Lucy Evans
Organizations:
Interpretive, Wednesday, American, Corps, White, Civilian, Civilian Conservation Corps, Democratic
Locations:
Palo Alto , California