Inside the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal agency that employed 2.5 million men to preserve national forests

• Biden launched the American Climate Corps to create jobs and address the climate crisis. 
• The program is similar to the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era work relief plan by FDR. 
• The CCC employed over 2.5 million men in the nine years it existed and planted 3 billion trees. 

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to create a "New Deal-style" American Climate Corps to bring down unemployment and increase conservation efforts in America's most vulnerable areas.