Currently in D.C. — September 21, 2023: A warm and sunny day shows us that it's still summer

The weather, currently.

We have another 80°F day ahead of us with some intermittent clouds throughout the day. At night, the temperature will cool down at night to 60°F, and the humidity continues in the medium-low range. Thinking about these last days of summer feels a little bittersweet. My favorite season of the year is about to begin, but this year summer brought so many gifts and good memories.

To honor these good memories and today’s date and cloudy weather, here’s a fragment of Earth, Wind & Fire’s song September: Do you remember the twenty-first night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders while chasing the clouds away… Hey, hey, say, do you remember? Hey, hey,Dancing in September, Hey, hey, never was a cloudy day.” I feel like dancing.

— Myriam Vidal Valero

What you need to know, currently.

TOn Wednesday, President Biden announced the creation of the American Climate Corps — a bucket-list item for youth climate organizers for years.

CNN has more on the backstory, but suffice it to say that a climate corps was originally a Bernie Sanders pledge when he was running for president. It was then part of the Build Back Better plan during the initial Covid response, but got cut — and then it was also part of Joe Manchin’s Inflation Reduction Act — and got cut.

Now it’s a reality, by executive order. So this is a big deal.

Here’s the options for training with the American Climate Corps, according to the brand-new White House signup form:

• Deploy low-cost, reliable, clean energy

• Implement energy-efficient solutions to help families save money on their energy bills

• Rebuild coastal wetlands to protect coastal communities from storm surges and flooding

• Manage forests to prevent catastrophic wildfires

• Protect America’s public lands and waters for future generations

• Enhance agricultural systems to protect natural resources and conserve water during droughts

• Advance environmental justice to ensure all Americans live in healthy, thriving communities

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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