Victory in Senate a Turning Point? No, Not Yet!

10 days ago, when the Manchin/Schumer deal was made public, I had major concerns. It requires leases to be sold by the feds to oil/gas companies for drilling on public lands and waters in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska before wind or solar can be built on public lands. It supports carbon capture and sequestration and new nuclear power plants. The specific environmental justice aspects are limited, not enough.

Perhaps most significant, passage of the Inflation Reduction Act was paired with future passage of a separate piece of legislation that would…