Manchin Wins Big Nods to Oil in Deal Ending Logjam on Climate
- Oil, gas lease sales considered linchpin for Manchin support
- Green groups rage at measure they say undercuts climate goals
Anchorage, at the head of the Cook Inlet, Alaska.
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The breakthrough spending deal reached by Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would commit a historic $370 billion to combat climate change through clean energy tax credits, a green bank and incentives to plug methane leaks.
But it comes at a cost that some green activists are finding impossible to accept: More oil and gas lease sales on public lands and waters.