Biden Seeks $8 Billion to Expand American Climate Corps - Bloomberg
Biden Seeks $8 Billion to Expand American Climate Corps - Bloomberg
Biden Seeks $8 Billion to Expand American Climate Corps
The president’s budget proposal requests funds to train young workers to prevent wildfires, defend communities from floods, install solar systems and more.
President Joe Biden during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $8 billion to hire hundreds of thousands of workers for a New Deal-inspired jobs program to fight climate change around the US.
The request — for $8 billion total provided over a decade, to be put toward hiring 50,000 new workers annually by 2031 — is included in the president’s budget proposal released Monday. It follows his vow in last week’s State of the Union address to triple the number of workers in the recently launched American Climate Corps program.
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