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It's Washington's enduring question: What does Joe Manchin want?

It’s Washington’s enduring question: What does Joe Manchin want?

A US Democrat’s decision to oppose a key policy in Joe Biden’s climate plan could lead to a carbon tax on emissions-intensive industries and threaten Australian exports.

It’s Washington's enduring question: What does Joe Manchin want

Manchin’s hometown of Farmington has been threatened by worsening rains and floods over the past years.

It's Washington's enduring question: What does Joe Manchin want

WASHINGTON -- The White House is scrambling to salvage a critical proposal to reduce carbon emissions and deliver on President Joe Biden's ambitious climate agenda, as pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., creates new headaches for the administration entering key international negotiations next month.

The White House is scrambling to salvage a critical proposal to reduce carbon emissions and deliver on President Joe Bidens ambitious climate agenda, as pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., creates new headaches for the administration entering key international negotiations next month.

President Biden is betting big on wind power to demonstrate U.S. climate commitments ahead of an international summit that starts in just over two weeks. The Biden administration has set a goal of cutting U.S. carbon emissions in half by 2030, in addition to boosting offshore wind energy. Under the roadmap announced by administration officials this week, offshore wind power would be installed along almost the entire U.S. coastline in the coming years.

President Biden is betting big on wind power to demonstrate U.S. climate commitments ahead of an international summit that starts in just over two weeks.