@Gladfly1 And it all comes down to putting money in the pocket of one man[Manchin].[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner@Devilstower via Daily Kos]
The outdated industry is coal-powered electrical plants. The growing craze is cryptocurrency.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Stitch that all together, and you get a Politico report on how the Grant Town power plant near Morgantown, West Virginia has put forward a proposal to turn itself into a giant, coal-powered, cryptocurrency “mine.”[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by @Devilstowervia]
Joe Manchin is almost singularly responsible for removing $1.8 trillion in funding from the Build Back Better legislation.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner v@Devilstoweria Daily Kos]
Thanks to Sen. Manchin’s refusal to support the bill as it was originally proposed, dozens of major programs have already been reduced in scope or eliminated completely.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Some of the things that were removed—including two years of free community college[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
The funds for climate change included in the legislation that just passed the House are much smaller than those included in the original proposal that came from the White House.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
However, they do include over $500 billion in funds dedicated to expanding the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Funds for the creation of the Civilian Climate Corps are also still in there, which would create jobs dedicated to restoring and maintaining lost areas of forest and wetland.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
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