By Ella Nilsen, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/16/politics/democrats-climate-failure-manchin/index.html

Published 5:02 AM EDT, Sat July 16, 2022

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After more than a year ofpainstaking negotiations, congressional Democrats on Thursday night found themselves no further on implementing theirambitious climate agendathan when President Joe Biden took office.

For thesecond timein seven months,Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginiawalked away from a deal to address the climate crisis, citing concerns over spending and inflation.

“Inflation is absolutely killing many, many people. They can’t buy gasoline. They have a hard time buying groceries,” Manchin told a West Virginia radio host on Friday. “Everything they buy and consume for their daily lives is a hardship to them. Can’t we wait to make sure we do nothing to add to that?”

It was deja vu for climate hawks who watched a similar climate bill fail during the Obama administration in 2010…