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Key Words: Manchin called out by climate changes powerful voice: A modern-day villain who drives a Maserati and lives...

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By Rachel Koning Beals

“[Sen. Joe Manchin] is a modern-day villain, who drives a Maserati, lives on a yacht courtesy of the coal industry, and is willing to see the world burn as long as it benefits his near-term investment portfolio.”

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Thats a swing from oft-quoted Penn State University scientist and published author Michael Mann, responding Friday to reports that Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia would get in the way of legislative progress for the Biden administrations push to slow climate change.

President Joe Biden, as part of a sweeping spending bill thats been reduced to the dregs of its nearly $2 trillion beginnings, wanted to give Americans incentives for pollution-fighting electric cars, solar energy and more.

Read: Activists swarm Joe Manchins Maserati as he tries to leave parking garage

Given the U.S.s role as the leading all-time carbon polluter, it is difficult to see global action on climate without U.S. leadership, added Mann, the prominent climatologist, speaking to The Guardian. By some measures, China is considered the worlds largest polluter, with the U.S. in second, depending if a per-capita comparison is used.

Solar stocks were hit hard Friday by Manchins opposition to climate spending.

Mann later tagged Sen. Manchin in a tweet, half-heartedly joking he held back a bit in his characterization of Manchins lobbyist and election-contribution affiliations. The senator has a powerful spot as chair of the energy committee.

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