Five times Joe Manchin changed the course of climate policy in the Senate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Manchin ran on a vow to oppose administration policies that could restrict the fossil fuel industry, including the Waxman-Markey carbon-capping bill.
54% : The following week, Manchin pulled a scheduled vote for Jeff Marootian, the nominee for assistant secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, citing energy efficiency rules that he called "part of a broader, Administration-wide effort to eliminate fossil fuels."
44% : Independent analyses have projected the law, which allocates nearly $800 billion toward climate change and energy, will reduce U.S. carbon emissions 40 percent compared to 2005 levels.
38% : In May of this year, he announced he would block all Biden nominees for Environmental Protection Agency positions over what he called the administration's "radical climate agenda," specifically citing proposed rules for power plants.
21% : Blocking other Biden energy and environment nomineesDespite Manchin's role in Haaland's confirmation and the IRA, the senator turned against both the implementation of the law and many of Biden's ensuing nominees.

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