Biden pledges executive action after Joe Manchin scuppers climate agenda
by Adam Gabbatt and Martin Pengelly in New York and C from Environment | The Guardian on (#61ES1)
West Virginia senator refuses to support funding for climate crisis and says he will not back tax raises for wealthy Americans
Joe Biden has promised executive action on climate change after Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator who has repeatedly thwarted his own party while making millions in the coal industry, refused to support more funding for climate action.
In another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, the West Virginia senator also came out against tax raises for wealthy Americans.
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