The Biden administration has launched an “environmental justice” climate corps as it continues to expand its job training program for young workers, the White House announced Wednesday.
The new environmental justice program — a joint project of EPA and AmeriCorps — aims to put more than 250 American Climate Corps members to work in communities that face the brunt of pollution.
The White House announcement comes as part of a slew of Biden administration speeches and announcements during the annual Climate Week NYC. President Joe Biden established the broader American Climate Corps job training program one year ago and views the effort as a key piece of his climate legacy.
“I’m really proud to have launched the American Climate Corps, patterned after the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, to put tens of thousands of young people on the path to good-paying clean energy jobs to improve our environment and grow our economy,” Biden said Tuesday during a climate speech in New York.
