SUN JOURNAL • August 7, 2022
Good news comes in the form of a bill than pleases both Sen. Joe Manchin and the Natural Resources Defense Council. It gives the senator from West Virginia some political chips — basically, money for West Virginians and a slightly looser leash on fossil fuels. However, the emissions cuts envisioned in the bill could be 10 times bigger than the carbon released by helping said emitters, according to the NRDC, an environmental powerhouse. The bottom line is that by 2030, the United States could slash its greenhouse emissions some 40% below 2005 levels. ~ Froma Harrop