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6 things we learned from Donald Trump's first big energy speech
(Spoiler: He really likes fossil fuels.)

"The Political History of Cap and Trade"

Updated by Brad Plumer on May 26, 2016, 9:43 p.m. ET

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Hillary Clinton plans to continue President Obama's strategy of pushing down carbon dioxide emissions via regulations. That means using less coal and oil and more wind and solar. Donald Trump, by contrast, doesn't much care about global warming and plans to greatly expand US oil drilling and coal mining — largely by repealing various environmental rules.

On Thursday, Trump fleshed out his vision in a speech at an oil industry conference in Bismarck, North Dakota. There were no real surprises here. Trump's energy policy sounds nearly identical to Mitt Romney's energy policy in 2012, only with more exclamation points. (At one point Trump actually used the phrase "very, very pure, sweet, beautiful oil.") He's happily adopted the standard GOP playbook: fewer regulations, more domestic fossil fuel production, approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and "cancel" the Paris climate deal. The crowd loved it.

Here were six big takeaways: [more on each inside]

1) Trump simply doesn't care about climate change

2) The US produces more oil and gas than anyone else — but Trump wants more


(Energy Information Administration)

3) Trump called for "energy independence," a popular but meaningless concept

4) Trump wants to bring back US coal mining — but it's doubtful he actually can


(Energy Information Administration)

5) Trump isn't a huge fan of wind and solar

6) Trump wants clean air and clean water — but (apparently) not through regulations


American Lung Association)

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Read more: How the next president could expand Obama's climate policies — or dismantle them
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/6/9110093/climate-change-2016-election

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/26/11788374/donald-trump-energy-speech

Hillary was honest about the coal jobs situation and got pilloried for it .. where lying
works better in public political policy position a damaging democracy disconnect exists.