Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
After years of pressure from environmentalists and progressive lawmakers, the Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new program aimed at training tens of thousands of young people in skills and jobs critical to combating climate breakdown, from land and water conservation to clean energy development.
Joe Manchin and other right-wing Democrats—as well as the entire Republican congressional caucus—the administration agreed to dramatically pare back its agenda and approve the Inflation Reduction Act, which included a number of giveaways to the fossil fuel industry but not a climate corps. NPR reported that the ACC is 'likely to be smaller in scope than early proposals' and is 'much smaller' than the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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