From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): A bold climate jobs bill must include reviving and modernizing the Civilian Conservation Corps, expanding clean manufacturing technologies, building sustainable transportation systems such as electrified buses, and investing in energy efficiency practices and renewable energy sources. … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-08-31/climate-change-air-quality/pa-groups-call-for-infrastructure-deal-that-benefits-appalachia/a75559-1 August 31, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three dozen Pennsylvania advocacy groups sent a letter last week to the state’s congressional delegation, calling on them to ensure the trillion-dollar infrastructure … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-28/climate-change-air-quality/caseys-civilian-conservation-corps-could-help-fight-climate-change/a75152-1 July 28, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., wants to bring back the Civilian Conservation Corps, a public-works program from the 1930s that created … Continued
Bill Would Deliver Triple Bottom Line Payoff in Jobs, Economic Justice, & Climate Harrisburg, PA—The Keystone Research Center today applauded the public release of the historic “REVIVE the CCC Act of 2021” by Pennsylvania Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. and … Continued
NOTE: We are thrilled to see this proposal introduced after Senator Casey promised it in a call with the Pennsylvania faith community in 2020. From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): The original Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)—a work relief program created as part … Continued