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Climate denying coal barons can’t be in charge of Energy Policy in the US Senate

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 22, 2021December 27, 20211 comment

* Update * No surprise, climate-denying coal baron Joe Manchin has blocked progress on President Biden’s agenda, again. The Announcement was shocking too many not because Manchin changed his position, but because he announced it on Fox news, and broke a promise he’d made explicitly and in-person to the President and party leadership. As House …

Call now: Pass the Build back better Bill no cuts!

Everything or nothing at all: An update on the Build Back Better Act

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 2, 2021November 2, 20211 comment

We’ve been pushing for weeks to pass a version of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act with no cuts to climate, care, jobs or justice. Last week Sen Manchin and his Republican forced Biden to cut another ~$1.5 trillion from the bill, but there’s still a lot worth fighting for. The only thing keeping Manchin …

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Endgame: Now’s the time to make a call for climate action in Biden’s Build Back Better Act

by DrewAction, Home October 25, 20212 comments

We’re in the endgame of negotiations over President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Sen Manchin and his Republican allies have forced Biden and the Democrats to cut another ~$1.5 trillion from the bill, but there’s still a lot worth fighting for. Right now, today, young people are on hunger strike outside the White House, and youth …