[Vision2020] Important Quote Re: 4-12-22 DeSmog Article "West Virginia Protest Calls out Manchin’s Coal Profits"

[Ted Moffett]

Important quote from the article referenced below:

Manchin, who has a blind trust set up
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/13/manchin-blind-trust-enersystems-stock-climate-change/>
for
his investments, has continually been a one-man blockade for climate
legislation. That came to a head this year when he essentially killed the
Build Back Better bill, Biden’s signature climate and social policy
legislation, by dropping his (some might argue never serious
<https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/12/19/scoop-manchin-refused-a-call-from-wh-before-killing-bbb-495521>)
support of it. He closed his statement
<https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-statement-on-build-back-better-act>
with,
“I will continue working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to
address the needs of all Americans and do so in a way that does not risk
our nation’s independence, security and way of life.”

On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 7:34 PM Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.desmog.com/2022/04/12/west-virginia-grant-town-protest-joe-manchin-coal-profits/?utm_source=DeSmog%27s+Weekly+Newsletter
>
> West Virginia Protest Calls out Manchin’s Coal Profits
> Over the weekend, 16 people were arrested after trying to block the
> entrance to the Grant Town Power Plant, which burns pricey waste coal
> bought from Sen. Manchin’s company.
>
> Zach Roberts
> onApr 12, 2022 @ 15:35 PDT
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> Excerpt from article:
>
> On Saturday, April 9, a group of more than 50 activists from the region
> and around the country convened on a coal power plant in West Virginia,
> calling for it to be closed and rallying around a small blockade outside
> its entrance. By the end of the day, 16 of them had been arrested.
>
> The plant the protesters targeted, in Grant Town, West Virginia, isn’t
> just any of the over 200 coal power plants
> <https://phys.org/news/2019-05-coal-power-trump.html> still operating in
> the United States. It’s the one where Sen. Joe Manchin makes nearly
> $500,000 per year selling a dirty coal waste called “gob.”
>
> Gob is short for “garbage of bituminous
> <https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.178.9510&rep=rep1&type=pdf>,”
> which, according to VICE News
> <https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3x8bw/joe-manchin-senator-millions-coal-grant-town-west-virginia>,
> Sen. Manchin sells to the power plant for a tidy profit via Enersystems,
> the company he founded and that his son now runs.
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