Washington DC - A newly proposed climate action organization will let you work outside, combat climate change, and pay you for it.

President Joe Biden has a specific and ambitious list of how his proposed Civilian Climate Corps program would be put to use.

As he described in an executive order in January: "The initiative shall aim to conserve and restore public lands and waters, bolster community resilience, increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity, improve access to recreation, and address the changing climate."

Sen. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drafted a bill to create the Biden administration's Climate Corps.

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Their bill aims to "amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, and for other purposes."

Creating the Climate Corps is part of the $3.5-trillion spending package planned to help families and combat climate change.

If the package passes and the conservation program gets started, it would be another way for young jobseekers to make a difference in dealing with the current climate crisis.

The Climate Corp would grant funding to over 130 existing local youth groups and conservation corps. Those existing organizations have a nationwide impact and have over 25,000 yearly participants.

It would also add a potential 300,000 jobs, with a focus on diversifying the workforce.

The program explicitly wants applicants of all genders, from rural communities of less than 50,000 citizens, and aims to be made up of at least 50% of participants hailing from under-resourced communities.

In a nod to high schoolers, applicants would need to be at least 17 years of age "on or before December 31 of the calendar year" in which they get started with the Climate Corps.

Senator Markey's official website described what the basic "corpsmember" could expect from joining.

"Corpsmembers will receive compensation of at least $15 per hour, full health care coverage for participants and dependents, and support for critical services like transportation, housing and childcare," it read. "They will also be eligible for transformational tax-free educational grants of $25,000 per year of service (up to $50,000) to be used for student loan debt payments or higher education."

The jobs would provide more than just a gap year or temporary employment for its participants. Biden said participants would ideally use their work as a corpsmember to start climate-focused careers.

The current price tag for the Civilian Climate Corps bill is $10-billion.

Republican politicians are staunchly against the proposed spending.

Big oil-backed Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin is also still opposed to the spending package. Without his vote, the whole proposal might fail, because his vote is critical for passing the spending package and skipping a filibuster in Congress.

Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz thinks the Climate Corps bill is senseless.

"Why would we think people are going to suddenly jump at doing really, really hard, dirty, dangerous work because we offer them $15 an hour?" he said.

Another Republican critique says that the program could take away opportunities from workers who have already been displaced by the pandemic or the shift towards green-energy jobs.

But despite the pushback from critics, backers of the Civilian Climate Corps are convinced the program is necessary, and the jobs it would create is essential to getting the US on track to combat climate change.

The Biden Administration sees the program as the start of green careers and a place for young people to work towards a cleaner future.

Congress is expected to vote on the $3.5-trillion spending package that contains the bill for the Climate Corps by September 27.

The US needs to take action to help the environment, and the Civilian Climate Corps is an attempt by President Biden and some Congress members to do exactly that.