“Patterned after the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, I launched the Climate Corps to put 20,000 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future,” Biden said during the Thursday night speech.
“I’ll triple that number in a decade,” he continued.
Biden created the program last year — to much fanfare from progressives, who had pushed for the establishment of a climate jobs initiative.
When the Corps was announced last year, the administration said it would put people to work in areas including restoring lands and waters, deploying clean energy and implementing energy efficiency technology.
During his speech, Biden also appeared to question whether there was still climate denial among the members of Congress he was speaking before.
“I don’t think any of you think there’s no longer a climate crisis. At least I hope you don’t,” he said.
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