{"id":1601125,"date":"2022-08-11T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601125"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:55:29","slug":"west-virginias-other-senator-just-saved-its-coal-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginias-other-senator-just-saved-its-coal-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia\u2019s other senator just saved its coal industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fwest-virginias-other-senator-just-saved-its-coal-industry%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=1601125&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>Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia may be saving her state\u2019s coal industry after the Senate Democrats\u2019 climate bill, backed by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, threatened to place new regulations on coal.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s agreement included a provision that explicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/manchin-climate-deal-fund-epa-quietly-circumvent-scotus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">authorized<\/a> the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to further regulate coal production under a variety of legal provisions that could have rendered the recent Supreme Court rulings, which stated that Congress must clearly authorize the agency\u2019s actions, irrelevant. However, Capito asserted that the authorization did not comply with budget reconciliation rules on the Senate floor on Sunday, leading the Senate parliamentarian to eliminate the provision, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capito.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/capito-votes-against-tax-hikes-climate-spending-spree-in-partisan-spending-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a press release. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/04\/egregious-coal-industry-leaders-condemn-manchin-climate-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Egregious\u2019: Coal Industry Leaders Condemn Manchin-Backed Climate Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congressional budget rules prohibit measures in reconciliation bills that have \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/federal-budget\/introduction-to-budget-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">merely incidental<\/a>\u201d budgetary effects on policy. The enforcement of these rules, which Senate Democrats tried to work around, means that the EPA will have less authority to regulate coal and also not receive an extra $45 million in funding.<\/p>\n<p>Capito originally proposed an amendment to remove the bill\u2019s broad granting of regulatory authority to the EPA, but Manchin and all other Democrats rejected it.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin previously claimed that the bill did \u201cnot provide any new authority for EPA to shut down coal plants,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/manchin-sets-the-record-straight-on-coal-and-inflation-reduction-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a press release on Aug. 4. The act establishes a permanent excise tax on coal mined underground, which would increase to $1.10 a ton, as well as a tax on surface coal that would increase to 55 cents per ton.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7499471\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7499471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7499471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2021-02-13T181928Z_774543689_RC2URL9TY1FY_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7499471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) talks to Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). February 13, 2021. REUTERS\/Erin Scott<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The $369 billion climate bill also boosts incentives for renewable energy, which may lead to more coal plants closing as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/inflation_reduction_act_of_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">green subsidies and tax credits<\/a> make it difficult for coal plants to remain profitable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/environment\/emissions\/carbon\/#:~:text=Fossil%20Fuels&#038;text=The%20decline%20in%20U.S.%20emissions,of%2015%25%20set%20in%202019.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The bill is likely to be passed by the House on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/pelosi-says-us-house-will-pass-inflation-reduction-act-friday-2022-08-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Reuters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"first-sentence-half\">West Virginia is the nation\u2019s second-largest producer of coal, accounting for 13% of the nation\u2019s total coal output,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/state\/print.php?sid=WV#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20West%20Virginia%20was,nation%2C%20after%20Wyoming%20and%20Illinois.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the EIA. Coal mining also supported close to 27,000 jobs in the state and was responsible for $2.1 billion in employee wages in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchrepository.wvu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1326&#038;context=bureau_be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to a West Virginia University study.<\/div>\n<p>The offices of Capito and Manchin did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/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>Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia may be saving her state\u2019s coal industry after the Senate Democrats\u2019 climate bill, backed by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":985,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}