The first of those workers were inducted into the American Climate Corps last Tuesday during a virtual event from the White House. Their swearing-in marks another step forward for the Biden administration’s ambitious climate agenda. The program, which President Joe Biden announced within days of taking office in 2021, is a modern version of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal-era project that put 3 million men to work planting trees and building national parks.

This is the Beautiful America that your country needs to return to, not some racist fantasy that Republicans are trying to bring about. These are big steps for mitigating climate change and don’t let anyone tell you that Biden is or will do nothing for another 4 years.