Article 6EXNH Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps

Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps

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Program, modeled on a Roosevelt scheme, will serve as a major green jobs training program and will employ 20,000 young adults

President Joe Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program.

In an announcement on Wednesday, the White House said the program would employ about 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels and do other work to boost conservation and help prevent catastrophic wildfires.

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