The Senator who had single-handedly blocked Joe Biden’s climate agenda just a few weeks ago has explained his stunning change of heart this week as a move to protect both US oil and gas and clean energy interests.
Backing a historic bill that would set aside $369bn for climate and clean energy programmes, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin positioned the legislation as designed to ensure the US was self-reliant for energy in the future.
This included new pipeline permitting reforms, as well as embracing power from solar, wind and hydrogen, setting aside his earlier trenchant objections that he blamed on inflation concerns.
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