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Biden's Climate Corps could help preserve soil and water, say advocates


Several lawmakers have introduced bills in the last two months offering ways to structure the CCC.
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., along with Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., introduced a bill in April that aims to increase the number of conservation and restoration projects on public lands while helping disadvantaged communities adapt to climate change, and protect biodiversity and ecological resilience.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D- N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a separate bill called the Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
that would put half the projects in to environmental justice communities, areas where racial minorities have been affected by pollution. CCC participants would be guaranteed wages of at least $15 an hour. ....

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