‘Stop the dirty deal’: activists decry Schumer and Manchin over pipeline plan

Climate protesters call provision in US debt ceiling bill to expedite controversial project in Virginia and West Virginia a betrayal'

Climate activists have stepped up protests over the inclusion of a provision to speed up a controversial gas pipeline's completion in the deal to raise the debt ceiling as Congress prepares to vote on Wednesday, aiming criticism at Democrats Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin.

The pipeline project has long been championed by Manchin, the West Virginia senator who was the top recipient of fossil fuel industry contributions during the 2022 election cycle.