Let me get this straight; weve seen #Wildfires in #Lahaina killing at least 100 people and unknown number of animals. Also #Wildfires in Canada forcing the 20K residents of #Yellowknife to evacuate. Then in the desert SW, #SouthernCalifornia will possibly experience a low grade #HurricaneHilary or high end tropical storm Saturday - Monday.

Meanwhile the entire #GQP and some democrats #JoeManchin deny the #ClimateEmergency is real.

I've got that right, yes??

#ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis

Supreme Court clears way for #MountainValleyPipeline construction to proceed

By Ariane de Vogue and Ella Nilsen, CNN
Updated 2:06 PM EDT, Thu July 27, 2023

"The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed, granting an emergency request from backers of the project that has the support of Congress and the Biden administration.

"The justices agreed to lift lower court orders that froze construction of the project while legal challenges play out.

"The Supreme Court’s order is a victory for #WestVirginia Sen. #JoeManchin, a conservative Democrat who has championed the project and pushed for it during #DebtCeiling negotiations in June.

"In the brief order, the court offered no extensive reasoning and no dissents were noted.

"The order came as the White House announced new actions to combat #climate-fueled extreme heat, which has been baking cities in the Southwest for weeks before moving Northeast on Thursday.

"Despite #ClimateActivists urging the Biden administration to stop approving #FossilFuel projects like the #MountainValley Pipeline, White House officials have been supportive of the pipeline since it was first introduced in Congress last year. More recently, administration officials including White House senior adviser #JohnPodesta and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm voiced support this year for the pipeline’s approval.

"The White House did not immediately return CNN’s request for comment on the Supreme Court allowing the pipeline to proceed."

Read more:

#SCOTUS #Manchin #StopThePipelines #KeepItInTheGround #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #BigOil #BigOilKnew #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#OpenSecrets: #JoeManchin vows to block “radical climate agenda,” rakes in #oil and #gas industry contributions

By Taylor Giorno and Jimmy Cloutier, May 12, 2023 5:35 pm

"The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new proposal Thursday to cut #GreenhouseGas emissions from thousands of power plants burning coal or #NaturalGas two of the top sources of electricity across the United States. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), criticizing the 'radical' proposal, issued his own scorched earth ultimatum on Wednesday ahead of the announcement.

"Manchin, chair of the #SenateEnergyCommittee and the top recipient of contributions from the #OilAndGas industry during the 2022 election cycle, vowed Wednesday to oppose every one of President Joe Biden’s nominees for the EPA 'until they halt their government overreach.'

"'This Administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,' Manchin wrote in a statement released Wednesday.

"What #Manchin did not disclose in his statement, however, is that the #EPA proposal would jeopardize one #WestVirginia #coal facility that’s particularly lucrative for Manchin’s family business, #Enersystems Inc., POLITICO reported. Enersystems delivers waste coal to the Grant Town power plant, which was reportedly already struggling financially, troubles that are expected to deepen with the strict new climate proposal.

"Manchin personally received $537,000 from Enersystems last year, according to POLITICO’s analysis of personal financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Senate, and he has been paid more than $5 million by the company since he was first elected in 2010. His son, Joe Manchin IV, now runs Enersystems. The Senator’s campaign has also benefited from political contributions from Enersystems, OpenSecrets reported last year."

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/05/manchins-vows-to-block-radical-climate-agenda/

#FollowTheMoney #BigOil #BigGas #Fracking #Corruption #Power #Lies

@DemocracyMattersALot #JoeManchin #ChamberOfCarbon won't commit to ReproductiveChoice or police reform in memory of GeorgeFloyd. His labels are #transactional for cash (like his friend Trump), and eco-Unfriendly, but #NoLabels #patriarchal funders think he cd unify the country.

@marcelias Also Enemy of Earth #JoeManchin as a unity candidate. OMG Lieberman and #NoLabels secret funders are absurd.

Maybe Joe Manchin has a gambling or a blackmail problem... #JoeManchin

Tax records show Sen. Joe Manchin has been late on payments repeatedly in recent years https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/tax-records-show-sen-joe-manchin-late-payments-repeatedly-recent-years-rcna92762

#HarlanCrow right-wing #Republican donor and best buds with Ginni & Clarence Thomas, contributed to more than just #SCOTUS related cases. #JoeManchin and #KyrstenSinema also got Crow ca$h 💰 💰 💰

#USPol
#Corruption
#BoughtAndPaidFor

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/7/2173857/-Justice-Thomas-billionaire-benefactor-Harlan-Crow-donated-to-Manchin-Sinema-and-Unbreakable-Nine

“I don’t want to be unkind to Sen. Manchin, but he’s kind of dead man walking in West Virginia. There’s nowhere for him to go.”

— David Axelrod, quoted by The Hill, on the uphill fight Manchin has to be re-elected in 2024.

#JoeManchin #DeadManWalking

by #OliverMilman in #TheGuardian:

"Environmentalists reacted in outrage at the deal, arguing the 300-mile pipeline, which will bring fracked gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia, will endanger hundreds of waterways, threaten landscapes including the nearby Appalachian trail, and worsen the climate crisis."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/30/debt-ceiling-deal-environment-climate-crisis

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #environment #environmentalists #pollution #MountainValley #pipeline #fracking #waterways #WestVirginia #Virginia #AppalachianTrail #DebtCeiling #JoeManchin #Manchin #JieBiden #Biden #KevinMcCarthy #WhiteHouse

Just when you feel that #PresidentBiden has successfully negotiated a deal on the #DebtCrisis, good old #JoeManchin has added his pet project #MountainValleyPipeline to the bill. Manchin is beyond a #POS and I hope he does get the umbrella special treatment!

#KeithOlbermann discusses the added crap sandwich from Manchin on the 5/30 #Podcast

https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/now-biden-must-kick-joe-manchins-ass-and-pipeline?in_playlist=podcast

▶️ #GOP House Votes Kill EPA Air Pollution Regulations for Heavy-Duty Trucks.

The Senate nixed the regs last month. #JoeManchin voted with Republicans and prevented a tie-breaking vote by #VPHarris.

President Biden says he'll veto the pro-polluter law, but doesn't have the votes in either chamber to make his veto stick.

#ClimateCrisis #AirPollutions #CorruptGOP

If #JoeManchin is so concerned about the budget deficit, why won’t he and his daughter give back some of the filthy plunder they’ve stolen from the poor and the sick?

#GOPGreed #GOPPigs

It’s always a good day to remember just how corrupt Koch-backed Senator Joe Manchin is. Rolling Stone has detailed his crimes.
#IndictJoeManchin #JoeManchin #WestVirginia #KochIsEvil #AFP #CorruptGOP #GOPTraitors

Manchin’s Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew 10-JAN-2022 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-manchin-big-coal-west-virginia-1280922/

#BREAKING: Major shift in the #Biden Administration in #DomesticPolicy as #SusanRice steps down. Keep your eye out for #NeeraTanden, her likely replacement. Neera headed the #progressive Center for American Progress & got in the crosshairs of the #GOP & #JoeManchin for her vocal opposition to extreme conservative policies. That’s the kind of #leader & #woman I can get behind. #news #policy

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/susan-rice-step-down-domestic-policy-adviser-00093463

#BREAKING: Major shift in the #Biden Administration in #DomesticPolicy as #SusanRice steps down. Keep your eye out for #NeeraTanden, her likely replacement. Neera headed the #progressive Center for American Progress & got in the crosshairs of the #GOP & #JoeManchin for her vocal opposition to extreme conservative policies. That’s the kind of #leader & #woman I can get behind. #news #policy

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/susan-rice-step-down-domestic-policy-adviser-00093463

Fuck #JoeManchin. He is beyond grotesque in his hiding in the Democratic party and voting along the GOP party lines.

GOP billionaire who funded Clarence Thomas's vacations has also given thousands of dollars to Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin #insider #kyrstensinema #joemanchin #clarencethomas #HarlanCrow #scotus #corruption https://www.businessinsider.com/sinema-manchin-clarence-thomas-vacations-harlan-crow-megadonor-republican-2023-4

#America, all #Republicans are as dishonest and stupid as #DanCrenshaw, #LouisGohmert, #TedCruz, #LindsayGraham, #KevinMcCarthy, #LaurenBoebert, #MarjorieTaylorGreene, #JimJordan, #PaulGosar, #KariLake, #NikkiHaley, #GeorgeSantos, #RandPaul, #RickScott, #RonDesantis, #SarahPalin, #JoeManchin, #JohnKennedy... etc etc, do you all see a pattern?

Why do you all keep electing these pieces of human filth?

#GOP #Republican #uspoli

BREAKING: Gigi Sohn Withdraws FCC Nomination After Joe Manchin Kills Her Confirmation

https://youtu.be/lbpI3h5TJT0

#news #politics #uspolitics #theHumanistReport #FCC #netneutrality #technology #joemanchin

If #JoeManchin HONESTLY believes that he is a "liason" between #Dems and the #GOP, a conduit for compromise - then he may be the dumbest MFer in the world, not just #Congress. Negotiation and compromise between the parties died when the GOP TOLD US they would not compromise. Manchin is a buffoon if he honestly believes in statesmanship in today's political climate. We are in the middle of the WAR, this isn't the time to be playing "Mr. Manchin Goes To Washington."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3833832-manchin-sees-himself-as-shuttle-diplomat-from-democrats-to-mccarthy/