Example jobs include coastal wetland restoration for flood protection, clean energy deployment, and wildlife-preventing forest management. Ten states across the country (California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Washington, Arizona, Utah, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Maryland) are partnering their state-level climate corps with the new federal initiative.
Right on schedule, in April 2024, the White House announced that the American Climate Corps is now hiring at ClimateCorps.gov! President Biden highlighted the ACC in his Earth Day speech.
“You’ll get paid to fight climate change, learning how to install those solar panels, fight wildfires, rebuild wetlands, weatherize homes, and so much more…It’s going to protect the environment to build a clean energy economy.”
-President Biden on the American Climate Corps.
President Biden’s new American Climate Corps is a farsighted investment in America’s future communities and ecosystems. Most of the 300+ positions already available (in fields from clean energy installations to ecosystem restoration to wildfire preparedness!) require zero prior experience. A spectacular opportunity for young people to work on the cutting edge of Anthropocene adaptation, and a long-term investment in building a climate action workforce!
We need to tell Congress to INCREASE the American Climate Corps' funding - this is a brilliant program that deserves to grow its efforts to safeguard America’s future!