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  • The White House unveiled the American Climate Corps, a federal program that aims to pay 20,000 young people to get trained in climate-related jobs.

  • The launch comes days after congressmembers sent a letter to Biden urging him to take executive action to create a green workforce program.

  • The program is a new version of a similar initiative Biden proposed in 2021, which Congress ultimately did not pass.

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[–] AClassyGentleman 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Copy/pasting from another place this was posted (the joys of browsing all instances)

To be brutally honest, this is fucking peanuts. A jobs training program for a measly 20k people, with nothing to indicate any steps against corporations that are actually responsible for climate change. This should be a slap in the face after (as the article even points out) Biden opened more federal land for drilling.

We need the energy industry to be taken in to public ownership, with direct accountability to the people (not corporate parties), significant investment into climate stabilization and climate change resistant infrastructure, and have workers (who by and large do not want to burn the planet to the ground) take more control over their workplaces. Biden wouldn't dare threaten corporate profits, so we're never going to see anything significant from him.

[–] gmtom 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah but there was no way Biden would have the political capital to do any of that even if he wanted to.

[–] JustZ 1 points 1 year ago

I agree. Should be 20 million.

[–] BertramDitore 1 points 1 year ago

Totally. And a program like this should be for millions of people. Why limit it to young people, and why cap the number at all? Olds can learn new things too, and I’d imagine a dollar invested in training like this would result in way more than a dollar in profit for whatever company does the hiring. I don’t think there’s a risk of training too many people…

[–] Someguy89 13 points 1 year ago

I can't wait to hear the logic from republicans why this is the worst thing in the world and why he should be impeached.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why always young people? Older people may have experience and connections that can contribute to making green jobs more effective.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Because young people need to build this connections

[–] xc2215x 2 points 1 year ago

Good for Joe Biden.