Joe Manchin

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Joe Manchin won’t give up on his pro-gas stove, anti-regulation crusade. The barely blue West Virginia senator single-handedly stymied a vote to confirm a key Biden Department of Energy nominee on Wednesday—all because of his personal opposition to reining in fossil fuel-powered appliances.Republicans Create Culture War Over… Stoves Manchin, who is chairman of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, used his position to cancel what should’ve been a routine vote. Jeff Marootian, currently a senior advisor to…

New York has become the first state in the country to ban gas hook-ups in new buildings. A section of the state’s recently passed, long-delayed 2024 budget includes a policy known as the All Electric Buildings Act. Under the law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, New York is headed for a climate-friendlier future.Republicans Create Culture War Over… Stoves The legislation follows a rise in restrictions on gas in buildings nationwide but is historic in its scale and scope. Its impacts could reverberate far…

Last year, I wrote about how West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin was acting like a bad boyfriend to the Democratic party. The man was stringing his colleagues along for months and holding climate legislation in limbo. I ate my words just a couple of weeks later when Manchin worked with Democratic leadership to revive the corpse of the Build Back Better Act. In helping to pass the U.S.’s most aggressive (and only) climate legislation to date, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Manchin helped make climate history. Now, it…

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.How Can You Be a Steward of Good Tech in 2023? | Gizmodo InterviewAfter a nearly two-decades-long permitting process, a 732-mile transmission line capable of sending power from what will be the largest onshore wind farm in North America to Western states got a green light last week.The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM gave final approval to begin building the $3 billion TransWest Express high-voltage transmission line. The…

This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.The Mississippi River is Drying Out | Extreme EarthIn exchange for his help passing the most far-reaching climate law in U.S. history, Senator Joe Manchin hoped to fast-track a 303-mile natural gas pipeline that’s being built in his home state of West Virginia. Those hopes were dashed yet again on Monday, when a federal appeals court ruled that the pipeline’s threats to water quality have not been adequately accounted for.The…

Joe Biden is poised to enact the first veto of his presidency. Photo: Evan Vucci (AP)President Joe Biden is expected to issue the first veto of his term to defend the right for retirement plan managers to direct client investments based on environmental and social considerations. The anticipated action follows the advancement of a Republican-backed resolution through the House and Senate this week aimed at targeting so-called “woke capitalism,” or environmental social governance (often abbreviated as ESG).ESG is nothing…

Senators Ted Cruz and Joe Manchin: An alliance forged in (methane fueled) flames. Photo: AP / Gizmodo (AP)Senators Joe Manchin and Ted Cruz have teamed up across the aisle to introduce a new bill that would stop the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from restricting gas stoves. The legislation, titled the “Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act,” was introduced during a Thursday committee meeting and would ban any future bans of gas cooktops using Federal funds.“Why?,” you might ask. Well, haven’t you heard: The…

Alaskan oil extraction site.Lowell Georgia | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday recommended a scaled-down version of a major oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, taking a step toward approving the $8 billion Willow plan that climate groups have long condemned.The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management released an environmental analysis that proposes lowering the number of drilling sites from five to three under the project, which is led by ConocoPhillips, Alaska's largest…

EV sales have tripled since Biden, a Democrat, took office two years ago, Granholm said. Ratcheting up his criticism, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin on Wednesday moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key feature of President Joe Biden's landmark climate law.Manchin said guidelines issued by the Treasury Department allow manufacturers in Europe and other countries to bypass requirements that significant portions of EV batteries be produced in North America.The climate law, officially known as the…