‘Pure Socialist Wish Fulfillment’: Biden Attempts To Trump-Proof AOC’s Favorite Jobs Program
President Biden Delivers Remarks In Triangle, VA
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Owen Klinsky
Contributor
January 16, 2025
As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, President Joe Biden’s lame duck administration is racing to Trump-proof its green jobs program.
The Biden White House has “quietly been winding down” the American Climate Corps (ACC) — a de facto environmental public works program established via a September 2023 executive order that hires and trains civilians to work on climate change projects, according to environmental media organization Grist. The effort is a “precautionary step” to make it more difficult for the incoming Trump administration to target the 15,000 taxpayer-funded jobs propped up by the ACC, which was championed by progressive lawmakers such as Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (RELATED: Left-Wing Capitol Hill Staff Want 32-Hour Work Week ‘Without A Reduction In Pay’)
While Biden is nominally undoing the ACC, employees of the multi-billion dollar program will keep their jobs. Many of ACC programs, such as the Forest Corps in Northern California, have locked down funding for years, the Grist reported. The ACC’s variety of programs are also funded through a hodgepodge of federal agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, the Interior, Agriculture, Labor and Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and AmeriCorps, which could make it difficult for the Trump administration to axe the spending.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/biden-to-trump-proof-american-climate-corps/
