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'Swallowing a toad': Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package

Voters' frustration with high energy prices and the likelihood that Democrats will lose control of the House in November have made progressives more open to a deal.
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More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021

Without dramatic action to curb carbon emissions and adapt to unavoidable change, experts say the damage wrought by rising temperatures will only get worse.

Fossil fuel companies stand to make billions from tax break in Democrats’ Build Back Better Bill

The legislation would increase tax breaks for carbon capture and carbon removal by 70 percent, potentially yielding payouts large enough to wipe out some companies’ income tax bills.

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