45+ Climate Leaders to Democrats: Keep Manchin's Zombie 'Dirty Deal' Out of Year-End Omnibus

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'This deal prioritizes the interests of the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment and health of frontline communities.'

After Sen. Joe Manchin's fossil fuel industry-friendly permitting reform legislation wason Thursday, climate campaigners voiced concern that Democratic leaders could try to cram the bill into a must-pass omnibus spending package that's being negotiated in private on Capitol Hill.

"As leaders of environmental and environmental justice organizations representing millions of members and supporters from across the country, we oppose attaching any version of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022 to the end-of-year government funding package," the letter reads.

The letter was sent days after Manchin's"dirty deal"—which would fast-track fossil fuel projects and authorize completion of the

 

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Sen_JoeManchin also threw 3.7 million children back into poverty and is still lauded by POTUS and the soon to be former Speaker as a “good man”. I will not ever trust a Political Class that calls the cruelty of a man willing punish children for being poor, as good.

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