{"id":1928559,"date":"2023-05-11T01:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T05:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T01:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T05:45:54","slug":"manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin criticizes Biden&#8217;s power plant crackdown and shares his response."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmanchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond%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=1928559&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--><h2>West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin Opposes Biden Administration\u2019s EPA Nominees<\/h2>\n<h3>Expected Crackdown on Emissions at Power Plants<\/h3>\n<p>Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia has announced his opposition to every Biden administration nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is due to the agency\u2019s expected crackdown on emissions at power plants. The forthcoming regulations, which are widely reported to be scheduled for publication on Thursday, would demand that power plants considerably reduce their carbon emissions by 2040. This rule would force plants to use expensive carbon capture technology or switch to alternative fuel sources. <\/p>\n<p>Skeptics of the move are concerned that the policy would decrease energy reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households. Manchin, who is widely considered a centrist in the narrowly Democratic Senate and has frequently criticized Biden administration environmental policies, said in a statement that he would refuse to vote for any future EPA nominees until the expected regulations are nixed.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Fossil-Fueled Power Plants<\/h3>\n<p>Manchin contended that the forthcoming crackdown would \u201cimpact nearly all fossil-fueled power plants\u201d in the United States \u201cwithout an adequate plan to replace the lost baseload generation.\u201d Natural gas and coal are respectively responsible for generating 40% and 20% of electricity in the country, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. The state of West Virginia, where Manchin is expected to compete for a third full term in the Senate, is meanwhile the fourth largest energy producer in the nation, according to more data from the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fear that this administration\u2019s commitment to their extreme ideology overshadows their responsibility to ensure long-lasting energy and economic security,\u201d Manchin added.<\/p>\n<h3>Electric Vehicle Reliance<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden administration has established a \u201cwhole-of-government effort\u201d to reduce carbon emissions in the public and private sectors. Beyond the introduction of additional EPA rules that would aim to increase nationwide adoption of electric cars, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm voiced support for a policy which would transition the military to exclusively rely upon electric vehicles by the year 2030. <\/p>\n<p>Manchin has also called the moves to increase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-secretary-granholm-supports-making-the-military-all-electric-by-2030\/\" title=\"Energy Secretary Granholm Supports Making The Military All-Electric By 2030\">electric vehicle reliance<\/a> a \u201cTrojan horse\u201d that would increase American reliance on minerals dominated by China, such as the lithium and cobalt necessary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shops-for-critical-minerals-in-canada-while-shutting-down-mining-projects-on-american-soil\/\" title=\"Biden Shops For Critical Minerals In Canada While Shutting Down Mining Projects On American Soil\">manufacture electric car batteries<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that making progress on climate change should come at the expense of our national and energy security,\u201d Manchin said in another statement. \u201cI fully support Congress overturning these dangerous EPA regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>New Efficiency Standards<\/h3>\n<p>Granholm has also announced new efficiency standards for gas stoves, dishwashers, beverage vending machines, electric motors, and several other product categories, claiming that the administration is \u201cusing all of the tools at our disposal to save Americans money while promoting innovations that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-vote-to-categorize-art-as-infrastructure\/\" title=\"House Dems Vote to Categorize Art as Infrastructure\">reduce carbon pollution<\/a> and combat the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchin opposes every Biden administration nominee for the EPA<\/li>\n<li>Expected crackdown on emissions at power plants<\/li>\n<li>Regulations would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond\/\" title=\"Manchin criticizes Biden's power plant crackdown and shares his response.\">demand power plants reduce carbon emissions<\/a> by 2040<\/li>\n<li>Manchin fears impact on energy reliability and increased electricity costs for households<\/li>\n<li>Biden administration aims to reduce carbon emissions in public and private sectors<\/li>\n<li>Granholm supports policy to transition military to exclusively rely on electric vehicles by 2030<\/li>\n<li>Manchin calls moves to increase electric vehicle reliance a \u201cTrojan horse\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Granholm announces new efficiency standards for various product categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced on Wednesday that he would oppose every Biden administration nominee for the EPA due to the environmental agency\u2019s expected crackdown on emissions at power plants. The forthcoming regulations, which are widely reported to be scheduled for publication on Thursday, would demand that power plants considerably reduce their carbon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1928560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3706,5804,3763,4426,3919,5084,4115,4790],"class_list":["post-1928559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-bidens","tag-crackdown","tag-criticizes","tag-manchin","tag-plant","tag-power","tag-response","tag-shares"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928559","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\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}