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    Michael Hiltzik: Climate change policies in Biden's budget bill are in trouble. Here's what they are and why they're crucial

    The headline news about the global warming provisions of the big budget bill being negotiated in Washington is that they're in trouble. As has been the case with the safety net provisions of the bill, the news coverage has focused on process rather than substance. It has focused on the obstinacy of Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., who seems determined to protect his state's moribund coal ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Oct 19, 2021 5 minutes

    The headline news about the global warming provisions of the big budget bill being negotiated in Washington is that they're in trouble.

    As has been the case with the safety net provisions of the bill, the news coverage has focused on process rather than substance.

    It has focused on the obstinacy of Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., who seems determined to protect his state's moribund coal industry (from which he collects lots of personal income).

    Not enough has been written about what's actually in the bill and how it would help the U.S. reach its goals for reducing global warming.

    So in this follow-up to my earlier report on the social welfare provisions of the reconciliation package — so dubbed because it's expected to be passed by filibuster-exempt budget reconciliation rules

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