DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenSecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSecrets</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoeManchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeManchin</span></a> vows to block “radical climate agenda,” rakes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> industry contributions</p><p>By Taylor Giorno and Jimmy Cloutier, May 12, 2023 5:35 pm</p><p>"The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new proposal Thursday to cut <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a> emissions from thousands of power plants burning coal or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> two of the top sources of electricity across the United States. Sen. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoeManchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeManchin</span></a> (D-W.Va.), criticizing the 'radical' proposal, issued his own scorched earth ultimatum on Wednesday ahead of the announcement.</p><p>"Manchin, chair of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenateEnergyCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenateEnergyCommittee</span></a> and the top recipient of contributions from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> industry during the 2022 election cycle, vowed Wednesday to oppose every one of President Joe Biden’s nominees for the EPA 'until they halt their government overreach.'</p><p>"'This Administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,' Manchin wrote in a statement released Wednesday.</p><p>"What <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Manchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manchin</span></a> did not disclose in his statement, however, is that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> proposal would jeopardize one <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> facility that’s particularly lucrative for Manchin’s family business, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enersystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enersystems</span></a> Inc., POLITICO reported. Enersystems delivers waste coal to the Grant Town power plant, which was reportedly already struggling financially, troubles that are expected to deepen with the strict new climate proposal. </p><p>"Manchin personally received $537,000 from Enersystems last year, according to POLITICO’s analysis of personal financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Senate, and he has been paid more than $5 million by the company since he was first elected in 2010. His son, Joe Manchin IV, now runs Enersystems. The Senator’s campaign has also benefited from political contributions from Enersystems, OpenSecrets reported last year."</p><p><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/05/manchins-vows-to-block-radical-climate-agenda/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opensecrets.org/news/2023/05/m</span><span class="invisible">anchins-vows-to-block-radical-climate-agenda/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FollowTheMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowTheMoney</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fracking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGasIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGasIndustry</span></a></p>