Study: Manchin’s Pipeline Bill Would Be A Climate Nightmare
New data suggest Dems’ greenwashed permitting legislation could produce far more carbon emissions than it eliminates.
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How A Pipeline Bill Gets Greenwashed
A “clean power” group with ties to the fossil fuel industry is selling the Manchin-Schumer gas export bill as a climate victory.
Piercing The Corporate Climate Veil
While Shell is trying to blame its corporate malfeasance on consumers, activists are taking aim at the oil company’s board members.
Permitting Reform Is A Decoy For Ramping Up Gas
A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean energy hack, but it’s mostly about gas exports.
The Missing Data Behind Manchin’s Dirty Pipeline Deal
Dems touting a bill to expand fossil fuel pipelines have not released any emissions projections showing what the bill would do to the climate.
Biden Is Helping Fossil Fuel Donors Weaken His Clean Water Rule
In backing Joe Manchin’s “permitting reform,” the president could undermine his own EPA initiative.
Manchin Just Admitted A Taboo Truth
The senator says his pipeline bill “is something the Republican Party has wanted for the last five to seven years I’ve been with them.”
Most Dems Mum On Blocking Manchin’s Pipeline Deal
Many lawmakers are criticizing the Schumer-Manchin climate bomb — but only a few have pledged to do what may be necessary to stop it.
Manchin Delivered “Game Changer” To His Oil Donor
The coal baron senator included a controversial carbon capture provision in the IRA that could benefit his biggest sponsor, a fossil fuel company betting big on unproven technologies.
