Civilian Conservation Corps

The novelist explains why she wrote a pledge for the American Climate Corps.

This month, the nation will deploy 9,000 people to help guide the country toward a cleaner future.

Inspired by the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing for a modern counterpart: a Civilian Climate Corps that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs building trails, restoring streams and helping prevent catastrophic wildfires.

If the U.S. brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work — and help stave off disasters like wildfires.