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For Immediate Release
Contact: 301-613-4767, [email protected]
Statement on Manchin’s Withdrawal of the Dirty Side Deal

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 - The announcement of Senator Manchin's withdrawal of
his dirty side deal from the Continuing Resolution today is a testament to
the power of frontline community organizing and a victory for environmental
justice communities everywhere.

People around the country engaged in rallies, direct actions, office
occupations, called and sent emails to their members of Congress, demanding
that they stop the bill that would have fast-tracked permit approvals for
new fossil fuel projects, and gutted the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA).

Frontline communities from Alaska, Appalachia to the Gulf South and Puerto
Rico fought back against the attack on our communities’ rights to protect
themselves from polluting industries, and won this round. However, we are
under no illusion that the fossil fuel industry will give up easily. We
have to stay vigilant and keep up the pressure to ensure that Democratic
Congressional Leadership will not try again to pass this harmful
legislation.

CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OZAWA BINESHI ALBERT STATES,
_"We are ecstatic about this decision. Frontline voices, those directly
impacted by this climate crisis, the ones who are hit first and worst, will
be heard. This dirty side deal was not good for our communities and we will
continue to fight for what is right, the protection of our communities and
homelands. We also know that this fight is far from over."_

Environmental justice communities' rights to safeguard their health and
livelihoods under NEPA and the Clean Water Act must be upheld for
generations to come. No future handouts to the fossil fuel industry should
be allowed if we really want to stop the climate crisis and discontinue the
harmful practice of sacrificing Indigenous, Black, Brown and other poor
communities to the fossil fuel industry's desire for ever increasing
profits.

                                          
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_Climate Justice Alliance is a member-led organization of 84 urban and
rural frontline communities, organizations and support networks in the
climate justice movement. We work to build real solutions to the climate
crisis through building local, living, regenerative economies while pushing
back against false promises from corporate controlled interests._

Climate Justice Alliance

1960A University Ave
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States


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