reach that goal that biden has set. manchin has long been a big proponent of fossil fuel and keeping fossil fuel in the mix. that s at the heart here. manchin has long talked about all of the above energy, long wanted to keep fossil fuel companies running and think that them along with natural gas can be a part of the mixture leading towards cutting carbon emissions. but more and more, the democratic party is saying that those fossil fuel energy options just aren t the way forward in order to reach the goals. right, the experts i spoke to, they said it s going too slowly given the urgent issue, the existential threat of climate change. amid all of this, bill, you have on friday senator bernie sanders writing this op-ed in west virginia s biggest newspaper attacking manchin for standing in the way of the democrats human infrastructure plan, build back better. manchin quickly fired back writing this isn t the first