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Working for a Clean Energy Corps
ICP is working with a broad coalition of partners to advance the concept of a Clean Energy Corps (CEC) and expand "green jobs" and "green service" opportunities. A national Clean Energy Corps would mobilize millions of Americans to meet the dual challenges of global climate change and poverty reduction by:
- Helping the
United States transition
- Providing low-income
youth with pathways out of poverty through
skills training
and
service;
- Offering citizens of
all ages and backgrounds a means to take
concrete action
on climate change,
and;
- Uniting
the country in a rapid, massive volunteer
mobilization to reduce global
warming.
As part
of this initiative, ICP will conduct research
on policies and programs around
the world that are using youth service as a
strategy to address global climate
change. We will also be working with our
partners to advance policies that
address
climate change by
"greening" the economy. The CEC
working group succeeded in its goal to create a
clean
energy service corps as a part of the Serve
America Act on April 22nd, 2009.
To see the list of organizations endorsing the Clean Energy Corps click here.
Read the "Call for a National Clean Energy Corps" supported by ICP. Click Here.
Read the "Call for a Green New Deal" supported by ICP. Click here.
To see the list of organizations endorsing the Clean Energy Corps click here.
Read the "Call for a National Clean Energy Corps" supported by ICP. Click Here.
Read the "Call for a Green New Deal" supported by ICP. Click here.
Student volunteers unrolling biologs,
courtesy of Volunteer Frederick
courtesy of Volunteer Frederick