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      U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Grand Staircase of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 2023. ​

      Progressives Rip Effort to Insert Dirty Deal Into Debt Ceiling Hostage Agreement

      "These dangerous and dirty permitting deals are a matter of life and death for millions of people across our country who are already overburdened by decades of fossil fuel pollution," warned one campaigner.

      Jessica Corbett
      May 25, 2023

      Climate action advocates responded with outraged alarm Thursday to reporting that U.S. President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans may try to strike a "dirty deal" on permitting reforms as part of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling.

      The deliberations continue as fears of an economically catastrophic default are growing, with just a week until the U.S. government could run out of money to pay its bills if Congress doesn't increase the debt limit, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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      A crowd marches behind the words, “BIDEN, #STOPMVP!” in white.

      It Is Time to Kill the ‘Dirty Deal’ Once and For All

      Senator Joe Manchin and others in government are using the current push for “permitting reform” as a full-scale political attack on bedrock environmental laws.

      Maury Johnson
      May 17, 2023

      Here we go again! Last year my Senator, Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced his “Dirty Deal Bill” to placate his fossil fuel friends and funders. This bill would gut the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA) and silence most citizens who oppose any fossil fuel project, especially the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) that travels across my farm, near my home in southern West Virginia. His bill is also championed by some House Republicans who passed H.R. 1 at the end of March of this year.

      Both of these bills are just shameless giveaways that contain blatant handouts and loopholes for the oil, gas, and mining industries. H.R.1 was fittingly renamed the Polluters Over People Act by those of us that believe we need to protect our environment. While oil companies’ record-breaking profits make it clear that they’re not an industry that needs any government assistance, Manchin, Republicans, and a few others like Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and President Joe Biden continue to push legislation to gut our most fundamental environmental and public health laws, namely the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), legislation that will only lock us in to another generation of unnecessary fossil fuel dependency and line the pockets of industry CEOs.

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      ​American Clean Power CEO Jason Grumet testifies during a Senate hearing on July 1, 2020, when he was president of the Bipartisan Policy Center.

      Memo Exposes Renewable Energy Trade Group's Close Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

      "Despite its name, American Clean Power is yet another fossil fuel lobbying group trying to trick people into believing its greenwashing," said one campaigner. "Any political leader who claims to care about the planet's future should shun this organization."

      Kenny Stancil
      Apr 20, 2023

      The American Clean Power Association has been billed as "the nation's top renewable energy trade group," but lurking beneath its green luster is a dirty reality.

      That's according to the Revolving Door Project, which published a memo on Thursday to expose what is calls ACP's "close ties to the fossil fuel industry and an 'all of the above' energy agenda that allows for massive new fossil fuel development and environmental damage, as long as clean energy also benefits."

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