Sen. Joe manchin at the Capitol in Washington on April 22, 2022.
“Rage keeps me from tears,” Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., a longtime advocate for climate legislation, wrote on Twitter late Thursday. “We are not going to meet our targets, period,” said Leah Stokes, a professor of environmental policy at the University of Santa Barbara, California, who has advised congressional Democrats on climate legislation.
Sam Runyon, a spokeswoman for Manchin, declined to discuss his position Thursday night, adding that the senator “has not walked away from the table.” But people involved in the talks said they believed they had reached the end of the line.For a year and half, climate activists have described themselves as Charlie Brown to Manchin’s Lucy. Several times they neared what many Democrats believed could be a deal, only to see Manchin yank away his support at the final moment.
The changes were less than climate-friendly, but Wyden agreed to them, saying he believed it would help secure Manchin’s support. Manchin and other Democrats left open the possibility of a future deal based on the $300 billion in tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles. But Manchin also insisted that spending be cut and that fossil fuels — coal, gas and oil — be included. Those demands grew more vociferous as winter turned to spring and Russia’s war against Ukraine rocked energy markets and gas prices soared.
The administration delayed federal rules to address methane, mercury and other pollutants from oil and gas facilities so as not to anger Manchin during delicate negotiations, according to several administration officials. That’s two years lost time in a regulatory process that can be lengthy.“He has pretended to be a fair arbiter,” Jamal Raad, executive director of the climate advocacy group Evergreen Action, said of Manchin. “He talked about his grandchildren. It turns out that’s all bullshit.
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Manchin is a 'stain' in the Democrats Party. As is Sinema.
Let’s stop pretending that Dems have a majority
81million people voted but yet it’s this guy who determines everything. Western political systems are badly broken.
It wouldn't be because Manchin has a financial interest in the coal and oil industries......it's ridiculous that people In power are able to make decisions that affect their own pockets.
Joe Manchin (R)
He is the lone sane, intelligent Democrat