Any chance of getting a climate package through Congress this year is probably dead. Any chance of getting a climate package through Congress next year or in 2024 is probably dead as well, because the House will likely be under Republican control and will likely impeach Joe Biden while investigating Hunter Biden rather than doing anything about a problem they believe is a hoax.
As usual, everyone's favorite Republican, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, is the reason for it. Manchin has said he won't support the climate package because the cost will add to inflationary pressures but added he'd likely support it later after reviewing the cost factors. The real reason, most likely, is depicted in the picture below.
What's the matter with Manchin, anyway? The West is in its worst drought in twelve centuries. Europe is undergoing its fourth major heat wave in as many years - including Britain, where a heat wave is usually considered a stretch of days of 79 degrees Fahrenheit - while Paris may not be burning but the forests in France are. Parts of China are over 100, while other parts of China are.
Of course, Manchin is 74 and so won't live to see the worst effects of climate change, and those effects, ironically, are the reason his grandchildren might not live as long as he. 😠
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