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April 11, 2022

Protesters Blockade West Virginia Coal Plant That Profits Sen. Joe Manchin
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In West Virginia, more than a dozen climate activists were arrested on
Saturday as they nonviolently blockaded a coal-fired power plant that
earned Democratic Senator Joe Manchin a half-million dollars last year.
The protests targeted the Grant Town Coal Waste Power Plant, which
receives deliveries from Enersystems, a company run by Senator Manchin's
son. Activists wanted to highlight the environmental harm caused by the
Manchin family business and are calling on the senator to end his
opposition to climate action in the Build Back Better Act.


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