Last weekend, while the Biden administration tried to piece together a deal to pass its Build Back Better plan, the key climate part of the package – a multi-billion dollar program for clean electricity, was all but killed.
Almost immediately after he announced his opposition, fellow Democrats didn’t hold back in condemning his decision.
The Progressive Caucus declared on Twitter, “We have a moral obligation and a governing mandate to pass policy that addresses climate change.”
For at least a month, Democrats have joined demonstrations organized by myriad groups that voiced the demand, “No climate, no deal.”
They’ve maintained that passage of the clean electricity program was important so that the president could go to the coming Glasgow Climate summit with a major climate plan under his belt.
In the Senator’s case, his decision to protect dirty coal comes at a time when his state is already buckling from the effects of climate change.
Manchin, they conclude, is using his argument as a cover for his profitable but corrupt deals with the state’s coal companies. »
