SEN. JOE MANCHIN SLAMS GREEN NEW DEAL: IT'S NOT A DEAL, 'IT'S A DREAM'Bloomberg, who had briefly mulled a run for the White House as an independent, announced his Beyond Carbon initiative last week. Bloomberg announced that he had pledged $500 million of his own money, and touted his record in closing coal plants already. “Through a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Sierra Club, we’ve shut down 289 coal-fired power plants since 2011. That includes 51 that we’ve retired since the 2016 presidential election -- despite all the bluster from the White House,” he said in an op-ed. In February, he dismissed the Green New Deal -- supported by a number of House Democrats and 2020 hopefuls -- as "a dream."

Source: Fox News June 11, 2019 13:23 UTC