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Senate climate bill has West Virginia written all over it

FILE - The gravesite of Harry Trump lies at the edge of a hayfield near the Trump-Lilly Farm in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in Hinton, W.Va., June, 21, 2022. The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The bill could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely from its roots. (Kenny Kemp/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 1, 2022. The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The bill, hammered out in negotiations between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and passed with no Republican votes, could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely from its roots. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Coal miner Scott Tiller takes shelter from the rain after coming out of an underground mine at the end of a shift in Welch, W.Va., May 12, 2016. The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The bill could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely from its roots. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Senate climate bill has West Virginia written all over it