Biden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal.

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School, was quoted by the Associated Press for the article “Biden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal.” Popp, who studies environmental economics, explains the key distinctions between the original Civilian Conservation Corps and the new climate contingent, which helps create new environmental jobs for Americans. Popp says that while he doesn’t think “that an unemployed coal worker in West Virginia is going to move to Montana to take a minimum-wage job to restore streams” the bill may encourage young people who are passionate about the environment to use “this as an opportunity to do something about the environment and still get paid for it.”