72 House Democrats say that a host of pro-fossil fuel provisions must be removed from the upcoming must-pass government funding bill, including a deal with Manchin to fast track the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
These “reforms” include setting maximum timelines for the National Environmental Policy Act , which environmentalists saythe keystone environmental law’s efficacy in guarding frontline communities from pollution and other impacts and could worsen the climate crisis.
“These destructive provisions will allow polluting manufacturing and energy development projects to be rushed through before the families who are forced to live near them are even aware of the plans,” the lawmakers wrote. “The inclusion of these provisions in a continuing resolution, or any other must-pass legislation, would silence the voices of frontline and environmental justice communities by insulating them from scrutiny,” they continued. “Such a move would force Members to choose between protecting EJ communities from further pollution or funding the government.”protested in Washington, D.C.
“The Manchin dirty deal is more than a dirty deal and a give-away to the fossil fuel industry,” Maury Johnson, co-chair of the Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition, which helped to lead the protest, said in a statement. “If it is passed it will decimate the environmental and social justice laws put into place over the several decades.”
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