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Nick Pope
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The Biden-Harris administration announced Wednesday that it is establishing a taxpayer-funded “environmental justice” job training program.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with AmeriCorps, is creating the Environmental Justice Climate Corps, a $25 million program to “open doors” for people seeking “environmental justice” careers , “environmental justice” is essentially a combination of left and left. Wing social justice ideology and environmentalism. The initiative announced Wednesday is part of the administration's U.S. Climate Corps plan, which the White House passed through the executive after failing to include it in what ultimately became the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the climate law signed by President Joe Biden. Action established.
The Environmental Justice Climate Corps “will put more than 250 U.S. Climate Corps members to work over the next three years to provide technical assistance to community-based organizations in environmental justice communities, helping them access resources to launch locally driven projects that reduce pollution and increase pollution,” the White House said. Community climate resilience, improving public health and safety, and building community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. Participants will receive a stipend equivalent to an hourly wage of approximately $25 and will also be reimbursed for some living expenses. (RELATED: Exclusive: Republican lawmakers demand answers from Biden administration on huge funding for 'environmental justice' plan)
“Our partnership is the first effort within the federal government to expand environmental justice career pathways,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said of the new program. “This program will be implemented through President Biden’s America’s Climate Corps creates opportunities for young people and helps people in overburdened communities access and benefit from historic funding under the President’s Investing in America agenda.”
Regan and AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith will discuss the new plan during an upcoming panel discussion at New York City's Climate Week, a weeklong summit attended by numerous other political and business elites, according to the White House.
According to the Associated Press, early versions of the U.S. Climate Corps did not join the IRA, largely because Republicans opposed it over concerns about its price tag. Some House Democrats have called for $132 billion for the IRA program before it is removed from legislation, and Biden initially planned to budget $10 billion for the program.
While the IRA ignored the plan, several Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, have called for a Biden administration, according to the Associated Press. Sign up to establish the U.S. Climate Corps through executive action.
The EPA and the American Legion did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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