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New American Climate Corps aims to hire young people to fight climate change. Here’s what it’s doing in Colorado.

Nearly 900 positions are based in the state, which earlier launched a similar program

Tobyn Groutas, 21, left, and Ian Yoon, 19, right, with the Colorado Climate Corps, head out with their saws for a day of work to remove invasive Russian Olive trees along the banks of the High Line Canal, in Aurora on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Tobyn Groutas, 21, left, and Ian Yoon, 19, right, with the Colorado Climate Corps, head out with their saws for a day of work to remove invasive Russian Olive trees along the banks of the High Line Canal, in Aurora on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Some of the first participants of the new American Climate Corps are at work in Colorado as the federal effort by the Biden administration puts young people to work to address the effects of climate change. Colorado has nearly 900 corps positions.
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