Democratic West Virginia senator calls the Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ‘biggest step on climate crisis’, a ‘radical agenda’

  • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 year ago

    That’s the opposite of what is happening here. He is afraid of his constituents in West Virginia. It’s his electors that would rather see the world burn than lose their own inflated incomes. WV’s economy is very tied to fossil fuels.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Too bad there wasn’t some huge pool of spending allocated, that they could use to diversify their economy and energy sources. As the world flushes down fossil fuel companies, the pay seem determined to ride that wave