More than 50 congressional Democrats have written to President Joe Biden asking him to use his authority to create a massive green jobs training and placement program that fell to the wayside in the climate spending package Congress passed last year. The proposal was spearheaded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Ed Markey, and co-signed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The Civilian Climate Corps, modeled after the “Civilian Conservation Corps” of the New Deal area that put millions of people to work on public lands, has long been a galvanizing issue within the Democratic Party base. Democrats initially slated a $30 billion investment as part of the sweeping climate and social spending package called the ‘Build Back Better Act’ but have since dropped the money in the process of developing the Inflation Reduction Act. On Monday, coinciding with the letter to Biden and the 30th anniversary of AmeriCorps, Markey and Ocaseson-cortez reintroduced their “civilian climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act” bill, which would authorize $132.5 billion over five years to create and sustain a Civilian climate corps. Environmental and left-leaning groups have also penned a letter to him asking for executive action on the issue.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
