Climate

Manchin Defends Tax Credit for Gas Companies Following Lobbying by ‘Dear Friend’

By David Moore, Donald Shaw,

Published on Sep 21, 2023   —   6 min read

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on July 11, 2023. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images)

Summary

Manchin added a bill rider in July supporting the fossil fuel industry’s position on a major “clean hydrogen” tax credit after his longtime confidante Larry Puccio was hired to lobby by a gas company seeking the benefits.

Shortly after his former right-hand man and “dear friend” was hired by a fossil gas company to lobby the Senate, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) inserted language into a bill pushing back against the Biden administration’s consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in its forthcoming guidance for hydrogen fuel tax credits.

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