{"id":6373,"date":"2021-10-18T18:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2021-10-18T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:13:01","slug":"joe-manchin-wont-support-a-key-climate-program-alternatives-wont-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6373","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin won\u2019t support a key climate program. Alternatives won\u2019t be enough."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“A key climate policy designed to phase out fossil fuels will likely be cut from Democrats\u2019 upcoming reconciliation package due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-WV), who has reportedly refused to back the measure as negotiations over the budget bill continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the New York Times\u2019s Coral Davenport<\/a>, who first reported the news on Friday, Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will not support the sweeping clean electricity program<\/a> widely seen as the centerpiece of the bill\u2019s climate plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $150 billion program<\/a> \u2014 officially known as the Clean Electricity Performance Program, or CEPP \u2014 would reward energy suppliers who switch from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to clean power sources like solar, wind, and nuclear power, which already make up about 40 percent<\/a> of the industry, and fine those who do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts believe the program is the most effective way to slash US carbon emissions significantly enough to prevent the global temperature from rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius<\/a>, a threshold which would have drastic consequences<\/a> for the planet if exceeded.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Manchin\u2019s home state of West Virginia is one of the largest producers of coal<\/a> in the US, and Manchin himself benefits financially from the coal industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manchin\u2019s spokesperson, Sam Runyon, told the New York Times<\/a> that Manchin opposed the CEPP because he couldn\u2019t support \u201cusing taxpayer dollars to pay private companies to do things they\u2019re already doing.\u201d”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Manchin is correct in saying that some companies<\/a> are indeed changing over to sustainable electricity production; currently, almost 40 percent of electricity<\/a> generated in the US comes from a clean energy source, either nuclear or renewable. But corporations are ultimately concerned about their bottom line, and the carrot-and-stick approach of the proposed clean electricity program incorporates that reality by incentivizing companies to make the drastic changes necessary to address climate change \u2014 and penalizing them if they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The other reason a clean electricity program could prove key to addressing climate change is that it creates a national standard, as opposed to the patchwork<\/a> of municipal and state legislation and individual efforts currently in place. Among other impacts, the program would help bring lagging areas up to speed with the ambitious targets set by the Biden administration<\/a>, which call for 80 percent of the nation\u2019s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, and 100 percent by 2035.”   
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https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/10\/16\/22729648\/manchin-climate-change-reconciliation-clean-electricity-program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A key climate policy designed to phase out fossil fuels will likely be cut from Democrats\u2019 upcoming reconciliation package due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has reportedly refused to back the measure as negotiations over the budget bill continue.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times\u2019s Coral Davenport, who first reported the news on Friday, Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will not support the sweeping clean electricity program widely seen as the centerpiece of the bill\u2019s climate plan.<\/p>\n

The $150 billion program \u2014 officially known as the Clean Electricity Performance Program, or CEPP \u2014 would reward energy suppliers who switch from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to clean power sources like solar, wind, and nuclear power, which already make up about 40 percent of the industry, and fine those who do not.<\/p>\n

Experts believe the program is the most effective way to slash US carbon emissions significantly enough to prevent the global temperature from rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius, a threshold which would have drastic consequences for the planet if exceeded.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Manchin\u2019s home state of West Virginia is one of the largest producers of coal in the US, and Manchin himself benefits financially from the coal industry.<\/p>\n

Manchin\u2019s spokesperson, Sam Runyon, told the New York Times that Manchin opposed the CEPP because he couldn\u2019t support \u201cusing taxpayer dollars to pay private companies to do things they\u2019re already doing.\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Manchin is correct in saying that some companies are indeed changing over to sustainable electricity production; currently, almost 40 percent of electricity generated in the US comes from a clean energy source, either nuclear or renewable. But corporations are ultimately concerned about their bottom line, and the carrot-and-stick approach of the proposed clean electricity program incorporates that reality by incentivizing companies to make the drastic changes necessary to address climate change \u2014 and penalizing them if they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The other reason a clean electricity program could prove key to addressing climate change is that it creates a national standard, as opposed to the patchwork of municipal and state legislation and individual efforts currently in place. Among other impacts, the program would help bring lagging areas up to speed with the ambitious targets set by the Biden administration, which call for 80 percent of the nation\u2019s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, and 100 percent by 2035.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[905,105,542,1262,104,1247,780,1172,906,1031],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-bill","tag-climate-change","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-global-warming","tag-infrastructure","tag-joe-biden","tag-joe-manchin","tag-legislation","tag-reconciliation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6374,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373\/revisions\/6374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}