Trump Backs off Plan to Eliminate EPA
by Kyle Feldscher (The Washington Examiner) Donald Trump appeared to back off his proposal to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency as president, instead promising to “refocus” the agency on a less regulatory-heavy mission.
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He promised to open up more drilling off the nation’s coasts as well.
“Our energy policy will make full use of our domestic energy sources, including traditional and renewable energy sources,” Trump said.
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Trump added that he would fully develop the Marcellus and Utica shale formations that cover much of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, and parts of other Eastern Seaboard states.
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He suggested that Clinton wants to ban fracking. Clinton has said she wants to heavily regulate fracking, but has never proposed an outright ban.
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“Trump’s dirty-fuels-first plan is pretty simple: drill enough off our coasts to threaten beaches from Maine to Florida, frack enough to spoil groundwater across the nation, and burn enough coal to cook the planet and make our kids sick,” Pitts (Khalid Pitts, political director at the Sierra Club) said.
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