The Biden administration has agreed to conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s plan to expedite the approval of fossil fuel projects, which activists have dubbed “Manchin’s dirty deal.” The White House said the endorsement of Manchin’s plan was in exchange for speeding up the construction of new transmission lines for renewable energy, which are needed to meet Biden’s climate goals. This comes even as Manchin vowed Wednesday to oppose all of Biden’s nominees for the Environmental Protection Agency unless his administration rescinds a plan to limit power plant emissions.