President Biden is expected to announce the first slate of job listings for his climate and jobs program in an Earth Day speech.
Biden is scheduled to travel to Prince William Forest Park in Virginia to announce the availability of 2,000 climate-related jobs listed on ClimateCorps.gov.
These jobs are the first subset of a total of 20,000 jobs under the program, which seeks to put young people to work in areas such as renewable energy, conservation and the creation of infrastructure better able to withstand climate change.
The administration is also expected to announce that American Climate Corps members will also have access to a “streamlined path to federal service.”
Additionally, Biden is expected to announce that the administration is nominating 60 organizations to receive a total of $7 billion in grants aimed at advancing rooftop solar.
The funds will go to states, tribes, cities and nonprofits, which will use them to finance solar panels for 900,000 homes.
The grants, coming from the Democrats’ Reducing Inflation Act, are expected to particularly benefit disadvantaged communities.
Throughout the week, other members of the president’s cabinet are also expected to travel to climate-related events.
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