BREAKING: @AOC and @EdMarkey just introduced The Civilian Climate Corps Act of 2021.
The program expands President Biden's American Jobs Plan to provide an additional 1.5 million Americans with jobs fixing the climate crisis that pay at least $15/hr.
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The program expands President Biden's American Jobs Plan to provide an additional 1.5 million Americans with jobs fixing the climate crisis that pay at least $15/hr.
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The Civilian Conservation Corps Act of 2021 will achieve two goals at once.
1. It will move the country towards full employment by giving 1.5 million Americans a good paying job, and
2. It will help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.
1. It will move the country towards full employment by giving 1.5 million Americans a good paying job, and
2. It will help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.
CCC Corps-members will receive at least $15/hour, health care coverage, and services such as transportation, housing, and childcare.
They'll also be eligible for educational grants of $25,000 per year of service for further education or to pay down student debt.
They'll also be eligible for educational grants of $25,000 per year of service for further education or to pay down student debt.
We've done this before.
During the Great Depression, FDR created a Civilian Conservation Corps to put people to work improving their communities.
It was one of the most popular programs of the New Deal. Thousands of projects the corps worked on still stand to this day.
During the Great Depression, FDR created a Civilian Conservation Corps to put people to work improving their communities.
It was one of the most popular programs of the New Deal. Thousands of projects the corps worked on still stand to this day.
President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps:
- Employed 3,000,000 people over 10 years
- Built the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Big Bend National Park in Texas
- Created 711 new state parks
- Planted 3.5 billion trees
- Spent 6.5 million days fighting fires
- Employed 3,000,000 people over 10 years
- Built the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Big Bend National Park in Texas
- Created 711 new state parks
- Planted 3.5 billion trees
- Spent 6.5 million days fighting fires
@AOC + @EdMarkey’s Civilian Conservation Corps updates FDR's New Deal legacy for today.
Just as we defeated the Nazis and the Great Depression, we can defeat white supremacy and the climate crisis.
We can put people to work doing what needs to be done.
Just as we defeated the Nazis and the Great Depression, we can defeat white supremacy and the climate crisis.
We can put people to work doing what needs to be done.
The goal of the CCC is to help participants find good, union jobs.
All corps-members will be provided with a job and career pathway during their service and will receive vocational training. The corps will prioritize union membership and registered pre-apprenticeship curricula.
All corps-members will be provided with a job and career pathway during their service and will receive vocational training. The corps will prioritize union membership and registered pre-apprenticeship curricula.
The CCC will administer a large national service program that provides grants to the existing network of over 130 local and state service and conservation corps.
New service projects will be developed in partnership with local community organizations and labor unions.
New service projects will be developed in partnership with local community organizations and labor unions.
CCC work will:
- Reduce carbon emissions
- Enable a transition to renewable energy
- Build healthier and more resilient communities
- Implement conservation projects with proven climate benefits
- Help communities recover from climate disasters
- Reduce carbon emissions
- Enable a transition to renewable energy
- Build healthier and more resilient communities
- Implement conservation projects with proven climate benefits
- Help communities recover from climate disasters
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