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Joe Manchin

What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel

It’s a return to Washington’s biggest energy debate, with Democrats and climate advocates divided among themselves, and mostly at odds with Republicans.

By Dan Gearino, Kristoffer Tigue

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is seen after the Senate Luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline lie on wooden blocks on Aug. 31, 2022 in Bent Mountain, Virginia. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Pressing Safety Concerns, Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Gear Up for the Next Round of Battle

By Phil McKenna

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks to reporters before a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

President Joe Biden addresses the crowd and gathered media at the closed Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, United States on July 20, 2022. Biden spoke about climate change and declared he would use his powers soon to tackle climate change. Credit: Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., speaks during the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act news conference in the Capitol on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Today’s Climate: Manchin, Eyeing a Revival of Build Back Better, Wants a Ban on Russian Oil and Gas

By Kristoffer Tigue

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) catch and an elevator to go to the Senate Chamber to vote, in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

With Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Snubbing of the Democrats’ Reconciliation Plans, Environmental Advocates Ask, ‘Which Side Are You On?’

By Judy Fahys

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) talks to members of the press in a hallway at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here’s Why Some Utilities Support, and Others Are Wary of, the Federal Clean Energy Proposal

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) leaves a closed hearing of Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

In the Democrats’ Budget Package, a Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts at Stake

By Marianne Lavelle

September 2, 2021. Credit: Branden Eastwood / AFP) (Photo by BRANDEN EASTWOOD/AFP via Getty Images

Will a Summer of Climate Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good

By Marianne Lavelle

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) arrives at the Capitol Building on Aug. 4, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Senate’s Two-Track Approach Reveals Little Bipartisanship, and a Fragile Democratic Consensus on Climate

By Marianne Lavelle

Will the Democrats’ Climate Legislation Hinge on Carbon Capture?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia and chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, left, speaks with Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Democratic congressional leaders face a narrowing path to move forward on President Joe Biden's $4 trillion economic agenda without Republican support as negotiations with the GOP are at risk of stalling. Credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Will Biden Be Forced to Give Up What Some Say is His Best Shot at Tackling Climate Change?

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers

Lame Duck Effort to Stall Clean Air Act Is Still Quacking

By Elizabeth McGowan

W.Va. Senate Candidate Takes "Dead Aim" on Carbon Trading

By Elizabeth McGowan

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