Biden Administration , Announces New-Deal Style , American Climate Corps.<br />'The Guardian' reports that President Joe Biden <br />plans to use his executive authority to <br />create the American Climate Corps.<br />'The Guardian' reports that President Joe Biden <br />plans to use his executive authority to <br />create the American Climate Corps.<br />The New Deal-style program <br />is meant as a major green <br />jobs training program.<br />On September 20, the White House <br />said that the program would employ <br />approximately 20,000 young adults. .<br />The program is intended to make new trails, <br />plant trees, install solar panels and otherwise <br />help boost conservation efforts.<br />'The Guardian' reports that the program is also <br />meant to help prevent catastrophic wildfires.<br />Biden's previous efforts to form a climate corps <br />have been thwarted by Congress amid strong <br />opposition from Republicans and funding concerns.<br />The new program is modeled after Franklin D Roosevelt's <br />Civilian Conservation Corps, which was <br />created in the 1930s as part of the New Deal.<br />Lawmakers who have pushed for the program <br />to be formed have cited deadly heatwaves, <br />dangerous floods and devastating wildfires.<br />'The Guardian' reports that the White House <br />declined to offer details as to the cost of the <br />program or where that funding will come from.<br />White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi said the program would partner with at least six federal agencies and ten states that have already begun similar programs
