Schumer and Manchin’s ‘dirty side deal’ to fast-track pipelines faces backlash
by Nina Lakhani in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#63Y6T)
Scientists and environmental groups call proposed legislation a giveaway' to fossil fuel industry that will gut protections
Scientists, health experts and environmental groups have condemned new legislation negotiated in secret by the fossil-fuel-friendly Democratic senator Joe Manchin and the Senate leader, Chuck Schumer, which will fast-track major energy projects by gutting clean water and environmental protections.
The permitting bill published on Wednesday was the result of a deal between Manchin and Democratic leaders, which secured the West Virginia senator's vote for Joe Biden's historic climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, which Manchin held up for months.
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