{"id":1102500,"date":"2021-12-09T12:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102500"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:28:49","slug":"key-climate-provision-in-bidens-spending-package-in-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-climate-provision-in-bidens-spending-package-in-limbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Climate Provision In Biden\u2019s Spending Package In Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkey-climate-provision-in-bidens-spending-package-in-limbo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the likely deciding vote for Democrats\u2019 massive spending package, expressed concerns with the bill\u2019s central climate provision on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia senator suggested that a proposed methane fee that would fine companies emitting more than a predetermined limit was unnecessary given existing environmental protections, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/09\/democrats-climate-provisions-meet-byrd-bath-manchin-battles-methane-fee\/\">reported<\/a>. In November, the Environmental Protection Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/joe-biden-environmental-protection-agency-methane-emissions-oil-gas-industry\/\">unveiled<\/a>&nbsp;regulations that it said would cut methane emissions by 41 million tons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re basically complying with the regulations, then they shouldn\u2019t be subject to the fee,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxinejoselow\/status\/1468668748735389696\">told<\/a> reporters Wednesday evening. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/03\/democrats-oil-gas-industry-investigation-emissions-methane\/\">(RELATED: Democrats Launch Another Probe Into Fossil Fuel Industry Over Emissions Data)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, holds a key role in determining what is ultimately included in the bill, the Build Back Better Act, given the Senate\u2019s 50-50 split and his moderate views. He previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/19\/joe-manchin-climate-change-carbon-tax-democrats-budget\/\">delivered<\/a> the death knell for a carbon tax provision and a sweeping $150 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/green-new-deal-handouts-subsidies-democrats-joe-biden-budget-energy-climate-change\/\">clean energy program<\/a> included in past versions of the package.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Manchin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I63KUkUvqfc?t=1210\">insisted<\/a> that he is \u201cnot a liberal\u201d when asked about the Democratic Party\u2019s move to the left at The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit. Manchin also suggested that the federal government should be careful before pushing forward with large spending.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7334547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7334547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joe Manchin talks to reporters at the Capitol on Nov. 1. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe unknown we\u2019re facing today is much greater than the need that people believe in this aspirational bill that we\u2019re looking at,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/manchin-holds-back-support-for-social-spending-bill-11638919554\">said<\/a> in the interview with the WSJ. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotta make sure we get this right. We just can\u2019t continue to flood the market, as we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve done so many good things in the last 10 months, and no one is taking a breath,\u201d Manchin said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/11\/united-states-european-union-methane-emissions-climate-change-china-russia-india\/\">(RELATED: Biden Climate Pact Hobbles US Manufacturing And Agriculture But Gives China, India, Russia A Pass)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leading energy industry groups, meanwhile, have come out in stark opposition to the methane fee in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/19\/house-sends-bidens-spending-package-senate-build-back-better\/\">House-approved version<\/a> of the bill. In September, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and American Gas Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/091321-Letter-to-Congress-on-Methane-Fees.pdf\">wrote a letter<\/a> to Congress along with several other groups, advocating against the methane fee\u2019s inclusion in the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew fees or taxes on energy companies will raise costs for customers, creating a burden that will fall most heavily on lower-income Americans,\u201d the letter said. \u201cThese major new costs most likely will result in higher bills for natural gas customers, including families, small businesses, and power generators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. 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