December 16, 2020
The RENEW Conservation Corps Act establishes the new conservation corps program at the U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture and authorizes more than $55 billion over a five-year period to put one million Americans to work to address the backlog of deferred conservation projects.
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Rush Introduces Bicameral Legislation to Create One Million Jobs Through Environmental Conservation Projects
U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) recently introduced the Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work (RENEW) Conservation Corps Act, which would create a civilian conservation corps to provide communities with job training and employment opportunities related to the outdoor recreation economy and green infrastructure projects.