The ”’American Climate Corps”’ was a national service of the US government focused on [[climate change]] prevention. It was launched in September 2023 by the [[Biden administration]], and is a government interagency project between the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] and the Departments of Labor, Interior, Agriculture, [[United States Department of Energy|Energy]], and [[AmeriCorps]]. The service planned to recruit 20,000 young people, and train them for public service or the private sector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-launches-american-climate-corps-rcna105931|title=White House launches American Climate Corps|date=September 20, 2023|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/climate/biden-climate-corps-youth.html|title=Wanted: 20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change|first=Lisa|last=Friedman|work=The New York Times |date=September 20, 2023|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name=”auto”>{{Cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/president-biden-launches-american-climate-corps-announces-new-americorps|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920212517/https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/president-biden-launches-american-climate-corps-announces-new-americorps|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2023|title=President Biden Launches the American Climate Corps, Announces new AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps|website=AmeriCorps}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Joselow | first=Maxine | title=Biden’s new Climate Corps will train thousands of young people |newspaper=The Washington Post | date=20 September 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/09/20/climate-corps-biden-youth/ | access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> On January 20th, 2025, [[President Trump]] canceled the Climate Corps via executive order:<blockquote>All activities, programs, and operations associated with the American Climate Corps, including actions taken by any agency shall be terminated immediately. Within one day of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a letter to all parties to the ‘American Climate Corps Memorandum of Understanding’ dated December 2023 to terminate the memorandum, and the head of each party to the memorandum shall agree to the termination in writing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Unleashing American Energy |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>
The ”’American Climate Corps”’ was a national service of the US government focused on [[climate change]] prevention. It was launched in September 2023 by the [[Biden administration]], and is a government interagency project between the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] and the Departments of Labor, Interior, Agriculture, [[United States Department of Energy|Energy]], and [[AmeriCorps]]. The service planned to recruit 20,000 young people, and train them for public service or the private sector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-launches-american-climate-corps-rcna105931|title=White House launches American Climate Corps|date=September 20, 2023|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/climate/biden-climate-corps-youth.html|title=Wanted: 20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change|first=Lisa|last=Friedman|work=The New York Times |date=September 20, 2023|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name=”auto”>{{Cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/president-biden-launches-american-climate-corps-announces-new-americorps|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920212517/https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/president-biden-launches-american-climate-corps-announces-new-americorps|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2023|title=President Biden Launches the American Climate Corps, Announces new AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps|website=AmeriCorps}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Joselow | first=Maxine | title=Biden’s new Climate Corps will train thousands of young people |newspaper=The Washington Post | date=20 September 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/09/20/climate-corps-biden-youth/ | access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> On January 20th, 2025, [[President Trump]] canceled the Climate Corps via executive order:<blockquote>All activities, programs, and operations associated with the American Climate Corps, including actions taken by any agency shall be terminated immediately. Within one day of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a letter to all parties to the ‘American Climate Corps Memorandum of Understanding’ dated December 2023 to terminate the memorandum, and the head of each party to the memorandum shall agree to the termination in writing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Unleashing American Energy |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>
