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Former top Manchin aide now lobbying for group focused on 'transition away from coal'
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Sen. Joe Manchin's former chief of staff now serves as a partner to a lobbying firm that has received more than $300,000 from a group that promotes clean energy and a transition away from coal.
Though coal production slowed in the past decade, coal accounts for most of West Virginia's energy use and the industry contributed $14 billion to the state's economy in 2019. Manchin has spoken about the need to innovate new energy sources rather than eliminate fossil fuels. Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent to kyle.morris@fox.com and on Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
Self-described on its website as "the only national fund solely focused on coal community transition," JTF says it works to "leverage public and private resources, and guide policy change to accelerate a just economic transition."