'We chose this plant specifically because we need the world to know how corrupt Joe Manchin is.' WV_Rising
"Joe Manchin clearly has no plan other than more of the same for the future of West Virginia," said one organizer."More of the same maltreatment and exploitation of the poorest people in this country."Hundreds of people in West Virginia on Saturday plan to blockade a coal waste power plant that directly benefits right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin while contributing to the planetary emergency, with dozens of activists planning to risk arrest.
The blockade follows the senator's decision in the last several months to reject numerous climate action provisions in the Build Back Better Act, President Joe Biden's signature domestic economic package, and comes days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report on the planetary crisis.that"immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors" are needed to limit global heating to 1.
."He is not some thoughtful, grandfatherly moderate. He is raking in $500,000 per year from his coal company while single-handedly gutting climate legislation."the raising of electricity rates for working West Virginians"in order to keep his coal business afloat.
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