President Biden is announcing a new initiative to train young people in high-demand skills for jobs in the clean energy economy. The American Climate Corps will put a new generation of Americans to work conserving our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, advancing environmental justice, deploying clean energy, implementing energy efficient technologies, and tackling climate…
  • tallwookie@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    the govt is going to have to shell out a lot more than the CCC members were getting paid - $30/month... with inflation calculated in, in 2023 dollars that's $565/mo or $14.25/hr (1942) to $703/mo or $17.58/hr (1933).

    not too sure about those options either... like "MANAGE FORESTS TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES" - that's forestry. you need a Bachelors degree to start out at the GS-6 payrate ($36k/yr - $47k/yr), though GS-15 is 6 figures (which is going to take 30 years to get to). some of the options look like they'd fall under the Army Corps of Engineers but others look like canvassing.