As 2 out of his 3 constituents ask for transition to clean energy, Joe votes no.
, he claimed that the bill would “risk the reliability of our electric grid and increase our dependence on foreign supply chains,” and that such a quick shift to clean energy would lead to “catastrophic consequences.”
Actually, 19% of US electricity is generated from coal , and the same 19% comes from renewables. The difference is that coal made Manchin rich. His company,., sells waste coal from abandoned mines to polluting power plants. He has also taken more money from the fossil fuel industry than any other member of the Senate in the current cycle.
He also says that he “cannot explain” the bill to West Virginia, which is demoralizing to a state that is 48th in job opportunities, 47th in health care, and 45th in education., and their interests are starkly different. As Jason Walsh of the BlueGreen Alliance, the clean jobs powerhouse, told the Washington Post: “Unions want a viable future for their workers. The industry wants to squeeze every dollar out of coal before it goes away.
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