http://www.ecowatch.com/debate-climage-change-fracking-2037789200.html
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met in St. Louis last night for the 2nd Presidential Debate moderated by Anderson Cooper of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC. It wasn’t until the bitter end that the issue of energy and climate change came into the discussion when Town Hall participant Ken Bone asked:
“What steps will your energy policy take to meet our energy needs while at the same time remaining environmentally friendly and minimizing job loss for fossil power plant workers?”
Trump responded:
“Absolutely. I think it’s such a great question, because energy is under siege by the Obama administration. Under absolute siege. The EPA—the Environmental Protection Agency—is killing these energy companies. And foreign companies are now coming in, buying so many of our different plants and then rejiggering the plant so they can take care of their oil. We are killing, absolutely killing our energy business in this country.”
Thanks to NPR’s Scott Horsley, we find Trump’s response skewed. Horsley noted, while fact checking Trump’s response:
Domestic oil and gas production have increased steadily during President Obama’s time in office. The U.S. has been the world’s leading producer of natural gas since 2011 and the top producer of oil since 2013.
The Energy Information Administration says gasoline prices averaged $2.25 a gallon last week—about seven cents a gallon cheaper than a year ago, and about 20 cents a gallon less than Obama’s first year in office.
Clinton’s initial response to Bone’s question, “We are, however, producing a lot of natural gas which serves as a bridge to more renewable fuels. And I think that’s an important transition,” took a hard hit on Twitter:
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