Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a key centrist Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to include hundreds of billions of dollars for climate and energy programs and tax increases in a package to subsidize health care and lower the cost of prescription drugs, less than two weeks after abruptly […]
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Delay as the New Denial: The Latest Republican Tactic to Block Climate Action
WASHINGTON — One hundred million Americans from Arizona to Boston are under heat emergency warnings, and the drought in the West is nearing Dust Bowl proportions. Britain declared a climate emergency as temperatures soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and parts of blistering Europe are ablaze. But on Capitol Hill this week, Republicans were warning against […]
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Biden pledges executive action after Joe Manchin scuppers climate agenda | Joe Manchin
Joe Biden has promised executive action on climate change after Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator who has repeatedly thwarted his own party while making millions in the coal industry, refused to support more funding for climate action. In another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, the West Virginia senator also came out against […]
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