POLITICO NEWSROOM

The political moves Manchin made to help his coal business

Episode Summary

Selling scrap coal has earned Joe Manchin millions of dollars over three decades, and he has used his political positions to protect the fuel — and a single power plant in West Virginia that burns it — from laws and regulations that also threatened his family business. E&E News reporter Scott Waldman reports.

Episode Notes

Selling scrap coal has earned Joe Manchin millions of dollars over three decades, and he has used his political positions to protect the fuel — and a single power plant in West Virginia that burns it — from laws and regulations that also threatened his family business. E&E News reporter Scott Waldman reports.

 

Scott Waldman is the White House reporter for E&E News focused on climate change. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.