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America’s coal producers last week accused West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin of throwing them under the bus with his tax-and-climate deal. But lo, his fellow West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito may have saved them from a near-term death.
In a letter to Mr. Manchin last week, eight state coal associations didn’t hide their sense of betrayal: “The more you read and digest the provisions found in over 700+ pages of legislative digest, the more it becomes abundantly clear this legislation will serve to severely threaten American coal.” They add: “This legislation is so egregious, it leaves those of us that call Senator Manchin a friend, shocked and disheartened.” Et tu, Joe?
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