elementary school yet senator joe manchin is blocking the most aggressive climate change legislation in u.s. history. this neighborhood lost safe access to their homes after the 2016 flood weakened the foundation of this bridge and rusted it out. if someone dialed 911 could not come across this bridge they would be afraid that they wouldn t make it, that the bridge might collapse. reporter: this bridge is connie richards lifeline to every day life including medical care. you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: but even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing. reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again, you need to get rid of coal, what would you say? let it flood again. reporter: in the second largest coal producing state in the nation, climate change is a co
access to their homes after the 2016 flood weakened the foundation of this bridge and rusted it out. if someone dialed 911 could not come across this bridge yeah, they d be afraid they wouldn t make it, that the bridge might collapse. reporter: this bridge is connie richards lifeline to everyday life, including medical care. you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: but even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither rader nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing. reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again, we need to get rid of coal, what would you say? let it flood again. reporter: in the second largest coal-producing state in the nation, climate change is a complicated issue. senator joe manchin, one of the key lawmakers blocking the most aggressive parts of climate legislation that would drastically curb gree
being in such tight quarters. reporter: look around the small west virginia town of clandenan. it s without a school. joe manchin is blocking it. this neighbor lost safe access to their home after the bridge was rusted out. someone dialed 911 could not come across this bridge. they d be afraid they couldn t make it. the bridge might collapse. reporter: this bridge is connie richards lifeline to everyday life including medical care. you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: but even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing. reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again, we need to get
ptsd being in such tight quarters. reporter: look around the small west virginia town of clindenon, and it s still without a grocery store, bank or elementary school. yet senator joe manchin is blocking the most aggressive climate change legislation in u.s. history. this neighborhood lost safe access to their homes after the 2016 flood weakened the foundation of this bridge and rusted it out. if someone dialed 911, they could not come across this bridge. they would be afraid they wouldn t make it, that the bridge might collapse. reporter: this bridge is connie richards lifeline to everyday life, including medical care. you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing.
connie richards lifeline to everyday life including medical care. you keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing. reporter: so if somebody said in order to make sure a flood like this never hits your community again we need to get rid of coal, what would you say? let it flood again. reporter: in the second largest coal-producing state in the nation climate change is an issue. senator manchin blocking the legislation that would curb green house emissions linked to climate change is currently ranked the top recipient of donations from the coal mining and fossil fuel industry. manchin s personal investment in a coal brokerage company he founded and later put in a blind