"President Biden’s New Deal-inspired green jobs program has been a target of Republican criticism."
"Standing on ladders and wielding flashlights, four people are bringing a dark, dank restroom at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds into the energy-efficient future.
Their mission is to remove old fluorescent lighting throughout a sprawling fairgrounds building in Stockton, California, and rewire the fixtures for LEDs. They’re members of a state service organization, but the project is also now part of the work of the American Climate Corps (ACC), a nationwide program geared at placing young people in temporary jobs while giving them a pathway to federal service and climate-related careers.
A long-held ambition of the Biden administration, the Climate Corps launched earlier this year and now boasts some 15,000 members. They’ve been deployed doing everything from cleaning up after wildfires to helping people make their homes more energy efficient. It’s all part of a plan to pick up the torch from the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal program whose members transformed farmland and natural spaces across the country."
Matthew Griffin and Todd Woody report for Bloomberg Green October 30, 2024.
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