Biden Creates American Climate Corps for Youth Job Training

The White House unveiled a new program on Wednesday that will put young people to work staving off the climate crisis, meeting a longstanding demand of many environmental activists.

Modeled on the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, the new American Climate Corps will recruit more than 20,000 people in its first year to conserve and restore lands and waters, build out clean energy and strengthen community resilience, Ali Zaidi, the White House’s national climate adviser, told reporters on Tuesday.

The jobs will provide “good wages, good benefits, and the right to organize,” Zaidi said. Participants will learn clean energy, conservation and ...