Presidential race critical for oil & gas
The Republican incumbent and Democrat candidates have wildly divergent visions of the future of US energy
The US 2020 presidential election looks to offer a clear choice between an incumbent president who has supported the growth of US hydrocarbon production, and several Democrat frontrunner candidates who are more interested in restricting the oil and gas industry with the aim of tackling climate change. It is hard to find a president who has been more supportive of oil and gas than Trump in the 74 years since World War II. For instance, President Trump has rolled back policies installed by the previous administration including withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. He has also ended costly regulations on coal. Trump has made more of America’s natural resources available to ind
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