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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3447)	6/25/2016 10:56:43 AM
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Obama fracking rules 'reasonable,' Trump Jr. says [ Another signal being sent? Donald's "I'll tell the NRA to accept No Fly No Buy", Carson's "Do we really the 2nd Amendment", now Junior is speaking up for Obama's fracking rules. ] By John Siciliano • 6/24/16 11:54 AM John Siciliano Energy and Environment Correspondent The Washington Examiner Share washingtonexaminer.com Donald Trump's son says the Obama administration's fracking regulations on federal lands are "reasonable," expressing little concern for rolling back the rules if his father becomes president. "We do have to preserve those lands, and I think what I've seen thus far has been very reasonable," said Donald Trump Jr., to a conservation group on Thursday. "I think we've worked, you know, pretty well to ensure we have the ability to ... drill and frack, you know, where it makes sense and to take advantage of the, you know, the great natural resources that we have." Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, pumps a mixture of sand and water into rock deep underground to extract oil and natural gas. The process has made the nation the world's top oil and gas producer, reshaping the domestic and global energy landscape. At the same time, environmental groups have been urging the Obama administration to impose a nationwide ban on the practice. Trump Jr., made the comments while addressing the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership's annual media summit in Fort Collins, Colo., E&E Publishing reported on Friday. He addressed the conservation group as a surrogate for his father, but his remarks on the administration's fracking rules seem a stark contrast to the views his father espouses. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Trump said in a major energy policy speech in North Dakota last month that he would roll back regulations that do not correspond with his vision of achieving total energy independence. "President Obama has aggressively blocked the production of oil and natural gas," he said, which includes oil and natural gas production being down 10 percent on federal lands. "President Obama's stated intent is to eliminate oil and natural gas production in America," he said in North Dakota. "His policy is death by a thousand cuts through an onslaught of regulations." Obama rolled out the fracking rules in 2010 in an effort to protect national parks and other federal lands from drilling. The rules were supported by sportsmen and conservation groups, but opposed by the oil and gas industry. The E&E report notes that Trump Jr., is an avid sportsman and hunter, which could influence his outlook when it comes to federal lands use and the protection of certain species. Trump's son addressed the summit one day after joining the conservation group's CEO on a fishing trip on the Cache La Poudre River. "Of the [regulations] that I'm aware of, I think, you know, certainly protecting high value areas, protecting the national parks, I mean, I think all of that makes a lot of sense," Trump's son said. "I'm not aware of anything that's, you know, very flagrant in there that we'd want to roll back." His comments come less than 48 hours after a federal court in Wyoming ruled against the Bureau of Land Management's regulation on fracking on federal lands, which spurred cheers from Republican lawmakers and the oil and gas industry groups. Trump Jr., when asked about the court ruling, said it was outside his expertise and would not comment.