The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which was released in August and represents the consensus of thousands of scientists, makes one thing abundantly clear: There is no sustainable rate of C02 emissions. To avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world must get to net-zero emissions. That means transitioning off fossil fuels sooner rather than later.
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Cree Indian Proverb
This tangled web of influence is horrible. There's no democratic justification for such bribery.
To think that this one corruptor determines the fate of our planet and millions of lives and livelihoods while there's clear evidence of Global Warming all around us is sociopathic.
If the world survives the upcoming disasters that are going to be enabled by the corrupt self-interest of the powers-that-be, including Manchin, we need to overhaul our government from top to bottom. How can it be legal for Senators to enrich themselves to this degree while in office or immediately after leaving office, though with no term limits in place, these people never pull their snouts out of the trough. The conflicts of interest are limitless. An existential threat to the entire world.
"Every time we can’t drill a well in America, terrorism is being funded. Every onerous regulation puts American lives at risk,” Hamm said." This may be the dumbest sentence I have ever read. How do people get to say stuff like this and we as a public don't just laugh them out of their job?
More than anything else you have written about, this sickens me the most. And you have uncovered some horrible things. But this. This is the worst. Manchin drives the last nail in the coffin of the world.
Still do NOT understand who died and left Manchin BOSS! He's a one-man band calling the shots for the Senate! Grow some, Dem Senators, and quit letting him determine the outcome of important legislation!
Thank you Judd and Tesnin for such a thorough report. Such anti-life, anti-wellbeing, anti-all we care about can leave us with..."what can we ever do about such power and wealth?" One important answer is bringing more and more specific truths to light. You are doing just that!
Manchin has been bought lock, stock and oil barrel. He is in a state that is full of poverty. If you think he cares about anything besides lining his pockets and the 1%, you might buy mountain top real estate in Florida from Rubio or DeSantis.
There needs to be a legal category for Crimes Against Society. Would need a high bar, but elected leaders who do what Manchin is doing, what DeSantis (et. al.) are doing, and more, need to be held accountable. The title of Crimes Against Humanity is international in scope (and the US has refused to join in ... our leaders have had good reason to not want to be subjected to the judgment).
We're all going to burn before we get any real action that might save our environment. The planet will be fine and possibly better off without the infection of polluting humans.
Manchin and the rest of them who put their greed and the interests of the donor class above the needs of everyday people are a bunch of oligarchic ghouls. They need to be voted out!
The Democrats should be ashamed to have someone like Joe Manchin among their ranks. Unfortunately, on the whole, they are very much a corporatist entity like their Republican counterparts, albeit with much better positions on social issues.
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Cree Indian Proverb
#democracydying
This tangled web of influence is horrible. There's no democratic justification for such bribery.
To think that this one corruptor determines the fate of our planet and millions of lives and livelihoods while there's clear evidence of Global Warming all around us is sociopathic.
If the world survives the upcoming disasters that are going to be enabled by the corrupt self-interest of the powers-that-be, including Manchin, we need to overhaul our government from top to bottom. How can it be legal for Senators to enrich themselves to this degree while in office or immediately after leaving office, though with no term limits in place, these people never pull their snouts out of the trough. The conflicts of interest are limitless. An existential threat to the entire world.
"Every time we can’t drill a well in America, terrorism is being funded. Every onerous regulation puts American lives at risk,” Hamm said." This may be the dumbest sentence I have ever read. How do people get to say stuff like this and we as a public don't just laugh them out of their job?
What a disgustingly corrupt person. To think he is the nexus for so much crucial legislation is terrifying.
Let's hope that AFTER the new bill is passed, Biden & Co can clush this coal turd and his benefits down the toilet.
More than anything else you have written about, this sickens me the most. And you have uncovered some horrible things. But this. This is the worst. Manchin drives the last nail in the coffin of the world.
Still do NOT understand who died and left Manchin BOSS! He's a one-man band calling the shots for the Senate! Grow some, Dem Senators, and quit letting him determine the outcome of important legislation!
Thank you Judd and Tesnin for such a thorough report. Such anti-life, anti-wellbeing, anti-all we care about can leave us with..."what can we ever do about such power and wealth?" One important answer is bringing more and more specific truths to light. You are doing just that!
Manchin has been bought lock, stock and oil barrel. He is in a state that is full of poverty. If you think he cares about anything besides lining his pockets and the 1%, you might buy mountain top real estate in Florida from Rubio or DeSantis.
There needs to be a legal category for Crimes Against Society. Would need a high bar, but elected leaders who do what Manchin is doing, what DeSantis (et. al.) are doing, and more, need to be held accountable. The title of Crimes Against Humanity is international in scope (and the US has refused to join in ... our leaders have had good reason to not want to be subjected to the judgment).
Foxes "guarding" the hen house...
We're all going to burn before we get any real action that might save our environment. The planet will be fine and possibly better off without the infection of polluting humans.
Manchin and the rest of them who put their greed and the interests of the donor class above the needs of everyday people are a bunch of oligarchic ghouls. They need to be voted out!
Just wow. The webs of corruption are in the shadows but you are shining light on them. Keep it up, Judd and Tesnim!
Great reporting and writing. Forwarding to others who can help spread the word about this sh*tshow.
The Democrats should be ashamed to have someone like Joe Manchin among their ranks. Unfortunately, on the whole, they are very much a corporatist entity like their Republican counterparts, albeit with much better positions on social issues.