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Most Americans want a 100% Transition to Clean Energy goods and services. However, a key part of the "negotiations" between Manchin and Schumer, related to the IRA "deal", will SABOTAGE Clean Energy Technology in the USA. 🚩, agelbert
This e-mail from Oil Change International needs to be
🔊 shouted from the Class Struggle Rooftops. Readers here care about the environment and know how detrimental to Clean Energy Technology the continued overinfluence of the 🦖 Hydrocarbon Fuels 😈 Industry in our Government domestic policies is.
August 23, 2022
🚩 An update on the new climate 💰🦖😈 billSNIPPETS:
This is a different type of email for us — there’s
a critical action to take, but we also want to share our take on the new “climate bill” signed into law by President Biden last week: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). There’s a lot to unpack, and the news headlines only tell part of the story. ... ...
The IRA massively expands federal subsidies for ‘carbon capture and storage’ (CCS), an unproven and dangerous technology to prolong 🦖😈 Big Oil’s 🦍 influence by capturing the carbon emitted from fossil fuel power plants and other sources. In reality, the overwhelming majority of that carbon is used to extract more oil, increasing emissions and threatening communities. The IRA also legally mandates the selling-off of millions of federal lands and waters for fossil fuel production, before any federal lands can be leased for clean energy development. 😡 ... ...
To top it all off, reporting has revealed that in negotiating the IRA, Manchin obtained a commitment from Schumer to attempt to pass a separate piece of so-called ‘permitting reform’ legislation in September. In reality, ‘permitting reform’ is code for a wishlist of 🦖 Big Oil’s top 💰😈 priorities — the bill would greenlight the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) by exempting it from necessary permits, gut the National Environmental Policy Act and other bedrock environmental laws, and remove safeguards that have protected environmental justice communities for decades. ... ...
We won’t stop working to halt the worst parts of the Inflation Reduction Act — it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant against dangerous distractions like carbon capture subsidies. 📢 But now is a crucial time to stop Manchin’s fossil fuel side deal in its tracks. We’ll be developing a plan over the next several weeks to pressure other members of Congress to stand up to Senator Manchin and publicly voice their opposition to these fossil fuel giveaways.
Regardless of what happens in Congress, we won’t stop pressuring President Biden to declare a climate emergency, accelerate funding for renewable and just energy systems, and reject new fossil fuel infrastructure projects.
Click here to urge Congress to reject this dirty side deal and protect environmental justice communities.
Full e-mail (with graphics added for emphasis):
Subsidizing fossil fuel companies in the face of rapid climate change is like spraying jet fuel on a burning home. To put out the fire, we must first stop making the problem worse. Ignoring the problem just because fossil fuel industry mascots like 🦕 Manchin (etc. 🐘 et al) demand it is like agreeing to take the warning labels off of cigarettes because they offend Joe Camel. Our leaders must act now to stop burning our tax dollars and stop trashing the climate.
Most Americans want a 100% Transition to Clean Energy goods and services. However, a key part of the "negotiations" between Manchin and Schumer, related to the IRA "deal", will SABOTAGE Clean Energy Technology in the USA. 🚩, agelbert
August 23, 2022
🚩 An update on the new climate 💰🦖😈 bill
SNIPPETS:
This is a different type of email for us — there’s a critical action to take, but we also want to share our take on the new “climate bill” signed into law by President Biden last week: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). There’s a lot to unpack, and the news headlines only tell part of the story. ... ...
The IRA massively expands federal subsidies for ‘carbon capture and storage’ (CCS), an unproven and dangerous technology to prolong 🦖😈 Big Oil’s 🦍 influence by capturing the carbon emitted from fossil fuel power plants and other sources. In reality, the overwhelming majority of that carbon is used to extract more oil, increasing emissions and threatening communities. The IRA also legally mandates the selling-off of millions of federal lands and waters for fossil fuel production, before any federal lands can be leased for clean energy development. 😡 ... ...
To top it all off, reporting has revealed that in negotiating the IRA, Manchin obtained a commitment from Schumer to attempt to pass a separate piece of so-called ‘permitting reform’ legislation in September. In reality, ‘permitting reform’ is code for a wishlist of 🦖 Big Oil’s top 💰😈 priorities — the bill would greenlight the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) by exempting it from necessary permits, gut the National Environmental Policy Act and other bedrock environmental laws, and remove safeguards that have protected environmental justice communities for decades. ... ...
We won’t stop working to halt the worst parts of the Inflation Reduction Act — it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant against dangerous distractions like carbon capture subsidies. 📢 But now is a crucial time to stop Manchin’s fossil fuel side deal in its tracks. We’ll be developing a plan over the next several weeks to pressure other members of Congress to stand up to Senator Manchin and publicly voice their opposition to these fossil fuel giveaways.
Regardless of what happens in Congress, we won’t stop pressuring President Biden to declare a climate emergency, accelerate funding for renewable and just energy systems, and reject new fossil fuel infrastructure projects.
Click here to urge Congress to reject this dirty side deal and protect environmental justice communities.
Full e-mail (with graphics added for emphasis):
Subsidizing fossil fuel companies in the face of rapid climate change is like spraying jet fuel on a burning home. To put out the fire, we must first stop making the problem worse. Ignoring the problem just because fossil fuel industry mascots like 🦕 Manchin (etc. 🐘 et al) demand it is like agreeing to take the warning labels off of cigarettes because they offend Joe Camel. Our leaders must act now to stop burning our tax dollars and stop trashing the climate.