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Three weeks ago, President Joe Biden took the action many climate activists had been pushing for a long time—forming an American Climate Corps. The idea is to put tens of thousands of young people to work on climate-friendly projects like installing solar panels, removing invasive species, restoring wetlands, building resiliency, and other such efforts in the move to a green economy. A job and job-training program all in one.
In what can only be viewed as exciting news, the White House said on Thursday that since its September announcement, more than 42,000 people have dropped in to the corps’ website to express interest. More than two-thirds of those were between the ages of 18 and 35, according to National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi, who told Chase DiBenedetto at the news website Mashable:
"All across the country, young people want to be part of the solution. They want to be part of physically building the clean energy economy. They want skills that catapult them into careers in this new and growing clean energy economy. We've also been hearing from employers that there's a lot of value in opening up new pathways to these clean energy jobs. So we feel vindicated. We feel very positive about the momentum. We're going to keep working to recruit even more folks."
