#Manchin’s SECRET MEETING With Coal Barons and Climate Deniers at a Luxury Golf Resort

He is responsible for blocking key climate provisions in #BuildBackBetter, his personal and financial ties to the coal industry have faced increasing scrutiny

#MOG documented.net/reporting/reve…
#Manchin is the founder and part-owner of a West Virginia coal brokerage company called Enersystems. He received a salary of $174,000 from the Senate in 2020, but last year he got so much more than that - $491,949 - from #Enersystems, according to his financial disclosures.

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Manchin has earned more than $5.2m from Enersystems since he joined the Senate in 2010.

Manchin also has significant investments in another company, #FarmingtonResources, which owns some coal reserves and provides support services to the mining industry

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