Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Climate legislation wins in the US

Hello to the five people who read my climate posts. If you're on Twitter, please follow Nick Abraham of the LCV – League of Conservation Voters.


In late July 2022, Sen. Joe Manchin, who had been stalling, finally got on board and said he'd vote for the Democratic Party's climate legislation. Climate activists are relieved, though the spending is insufficient to solve the entire problem and the bill makes concessions to keep the fossil fuel industry alive. Sen. Susan Collins complained that the Democrats moved too quickly and that, for some reason, a Republican loss on climate would prompt the Republicans to take their anger out on gay people. See: "Susan Collins: Democrats’ Climate Deal May Doom Bipartisan Efforts On Same-Sex Marriage" and "Veterans, Same-Sex Couples Stand To Lose In GOP Hissy Fit Over Democratic Deal" and "How secret negotiations revived Joe Biden's agenda and shocked Washington"

Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash Facing bipartisan pushback and a nationwide shortage of electrical transformers, federal regulators tweaked a major new energy-efficiency rule. Alexander C. Kaufman, HuffPost, Apr 4, 2024

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