"President Trump's Energy Policy Would Be a Nightmare"

"At the Shale Insight conference in Pittsburgh last week, Donald Trump promised a roomful of fracking executives and stalwarts, 'Oh, you will like me so much, you will get that business. You are going to like Donald Trump.'

After Trump expressed his support for local fracking bans in August, "fracking king" Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources, a Trump energy advisor and rumored pick for Trump energy secretary, was forced to step in and explain that the Republican nominee was "confused" by the question and is indeed "solidly behind fracking." Trump drove the point home at last week's conference, recognizing Hamm and asking a lone New York shale-producing hopeful to stand and be recognized for his continued perseverance despite a statewide fracking ban.

This was a telling episode, showing what to expect from a Trump presidency. Trump has an exceptionally limited policy background, forcing voters, like the nominee himself, to look to his advisers for policy specifics."

Antonia Juhasz reports for Rolling Stone September 29, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Trump Just Proposed Ending All Federal Clean Energy Development" (Think Progress)

"One Industry Stands To Gain No Matter Who Wins The Election" (CNBC)

"Trump Cannot Bring Back Coal" (ClimateWire)

"Donald Trump Says He’ll Bring Back Jobs For Coal Miners But He’s Just Blowing Smoke" (Think Progress)

"What Donald Trump Didn't Mention About Clean Coal" (Fortune)

"There’s No Way Around It: Donald Trump Is Going To Be A Disaster For The Planet" (Vox)