Joe Manchin's Dirty Empire! He Reaps Big Financial Rewards From Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death

[basquebromance]

all Democrats are corporate whores

Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire

The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.

theintercept.com

 

[basquebromance]

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“If you’re sticking your head in the sand, and saying that fossil [fuel] has to be eliminated in America, and they want to get rid of it, and thinking that’s going to clean up the global climate, it won’t clean it up all,” Manchin told CNN after a private meeting with President Joe Biden and his fellow Senate Democrats. “If anything, it would be worse.”

Manchin’s claim that climate pollution would be worsened by the elimination of fossil fuels — or by the resolution’s actual, more incremental climate provisions — is highly dubious, if not outright false. What would unquestionably be impacted, however, is Manchin’s own personal wealth.

Farmington is surrounded by some of West Virginia’s oldest mines, dirtiest power plants, and sprawling coal ash dumping grounds. Through these operations Manchin receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue every year.

 

[MinTrut]

all Democrats are corporate whores

Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire

The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.

theintercept.com

A dirty politician?

It's as rare as cold ice!

 

[toobfreak]

Joe Manchin's Dirty Empire! He Reaps Big Financial Rewards From Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death​

Joe Manchin is looking out for his constituents who actually NEED those coal jobs! There will always be a need for coal.

 

[protectionist]

Joe Manchin is looking out for his constituents who actually NEED those coal jobs! There will always be a need for coal.

Without coal, in many states, American life would come to a screeching halt. All other energy production combined, is not enough to cover the basic necessities.

• U.S. coal used for electricity generation has increased 170 percent since 1970 as key emission rates have been reduced by 90 percent;
• Key states will be especially negatively impacted, including Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Does the US need Coal? – US Daily Review

usdailyreview.com

In 2019, about 23 percent of all electricity in the United States was generated by coal-fired power plants, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That's pretty significant if you live in one of those coal related states.

Increasingly, coal is being slowly replaces by natural gas as a resource to produce electricity. Although coal is cheaper, coal is heavier than natural gas and this cost mire to transport, and also has environmental cleaning costs, not present with natural gas.

 

[Meister]

all Democrats are corporate whores

Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire

The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.

theintercept.com

So you picked Joe Manchin, huh? I wonder why, hmmmm?