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      Embracing FDR's Spirit and Progressive Demand, Biden Unveils American Climate Corps

      "This historic victory," said the youth-led Sunrise Movement, "marks the beginning of a new era in the fight for a Green New Deal."

      Jake Johnson
      Sep 20, 2023

      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.

      Inspired by the New Deal's popular Civilian Conservation Corps—a popular decade-long program that employed millions of young men—the Biden administration's American Climate Corps (ACC) will establish a paid training program with the goal of providing "pathways to high-quality, good-paying clean energy and climate resilience jobs in the public and private sectors," according to a White House fact sheet.

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      'A Huge Win for Climate Justice': NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels

      Students first launched an NYU divestment campaign in 2004, but for years the board insisted that divestment was not the way forward.

      Olivia Rosane
      Sep 12, 2023

      Nearly two decades after students first raised the issue, New York University will divest from fossil fuels.

      The announcement came in a letter that chair of the NYU board of trustees William R. Berkley sent to student activist group Sunrise NYU in August, which was first reported by The Guardian Tuesday.

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      Florida-Bound Biden Faces Calls to Declare Climate Emergency After Hurricane Idalia

      Campaigners also argue that "Big Oil CEOs and politicians like Ron DeSantis must be held accountable for knowingly fueling the climate crisis that heats our oceans and strengthens deadly storms."

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 31, 2023

      As U.S. President Joe Biden plans to visit Florida on Saturday to tour the wreckage from Hurricane Idalia, climate campaigners this week have yet again renewed demands for the Democrat—who is seeking reelection next year—to declare a climate emergency.

      "I don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore," the president said in a Wednesday speech about the hurricane response and wildfire recovery efforts in Maui. "Just look around: historic floods—I mean historic floods; more intense droughts; extreme heat; significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we've never seen before."

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