Trump picks Climate "skeptic" + Fracking "advocate" as energy advisor
Still not a fanboy of Trump, but I will give credit where credit is due.
I am starting to like some of his choices for advisors.
I'm skeptical of him in so many ways, but its possible I could choose to vote for him instead of dying a young death.
FULL ARTICLE AT THE LINK => http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-energy-idUSKCN0Y41ZP
Still not a fanboy of Trump, but I will give credit where credit is due.
I am starting to like some of his choices for advisors.
I'm skeptical of him in so many ways, but its possible I could choose to vote for him instead of dying a young death.
FULL ARTICLE AT THE LINK => http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-energy-idUSKCN0Y41ZP
. . . Donald Trump has asked one of America's most ardent drilling advocates and climate change skeptics to help him draft his energy policy.
U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota - a major oil drilling state - is writing a white paper on energy policy for the New York billionaire, Cramer and sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Cramer was also among a group of Trump advisers who recently met with lawmakers from western energy states, who hope Trump will open more federal land for drilling, a lawmaker who took part in the meeting said.
Cramer said in an interview his paper would emphasize the dangers of foreign ownership of U.S. energy assets, burdensome taxes, and over-regulation. . .
While the ultimate size and makeup of Trump's energy advisory team is unclear, Cramer's inclusion suggests the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's oil policy could emphasize more drilling, less regulation and taxes, and curbs on efforts to combat climate change.
Cramer has said he believes the Earth is cooling, not warming, and he has opposed efforts by the Obama administration to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Trump has been light on details of his energy policy so far, though he recently told supporters in West Virginia that the coal industry would thrive if he were in the White House. He has also claimed global warming is a concept "created by and for the Chinese" to hurt U.S. business.
Trump only recently started building up teams of advisors on the economy, foreign policy and other issues to flesh out his platform for the Nov. 8 presidential election.
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"The real opportunity for prosperity in this country has been to produce more because you have access to more markets," Cramer said, referring to the recent lifting of a decades-old ban on oil exports. "The last thing we need is more rules." . . .