Manchin Will Block Biden Nominees on Power Plant ‘Overreach’ (1)

Senator Joe Manchin vowed to oppose President Joe Biden’s nominees to fill key positions at the US Environmental Protection Agency over its forthcoming plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

The proposed regulations, scheduled to be unveiled Thursday, are part of an administration agenda “designed to kill the fossil industry by a thousand cuts,” Manchin said in a statement Wednesday.

Senator Joe Manchin during a hearing in Washington on Tuesday, May 2.

Photographer: Tom Brenner/Bloomberg

Manchin, a moderate Democrat from the coal- and gas-rich state of West Virginia, is an influential player in the narrowly divided Senate. His decision to withdraw support from Biden’s EPA nominees could be enough to block ...