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For so many years, i probably come across as a little too guarded, a little too careful. i talk about letting my guard down in this book and i wish that maybe i had done more of that because it might have been easier for people to understand, but i am really mission focused. that may not be a good fit for the reality tv era of politics we find ourselves in. you know, that's why i have said i will do everything i can to keep talking about the future, fighting for the future i want, standing up against, you know, poli policies that i think are bad for america and the world but i will continue to...

That if you protect the environment, you can't have a healthy thriving economy. that's just wrong. we have proven that over again over the years with more people using more energy watching our gdp grow from 2005 to 2010. and seeing reduction of the six worst air pollutants by over 67%. we can grow the economy with more people using more power. the problem here is that you are also rolling back regulations. they rolled back regulations on the safe water act that allows the companies now -- the mining companies, the coal mining companies, to put their tailings right on the rivers. that's not goi...

Back of the clean power plan? >> the good news is you don't do away with it with a wave of the wand. this is a rule making process. it's going to take time. they have to propose an alternative rule. they have to justify the science, which means the original finding that carbon was something bad for human health, why that no longer applies. tell us about a better way to do it. they will get masses of comments. then they have to answer the comments. the bad news is they are continuing on the path of rolling back, slow waug any enforcement of the regulations that we have in place. and they are go...

Many american businesses agree, but our government does not. why is our president so committed to bringing back coal. i have to say i don't know, but he sure is. the location for president trump's present rally was hardly a surprise, investigawest virgi joining him on stage, the democrat and coal mag nate. >> i tell you west virginia ans, i can't help you any more that is a democratic government. >> it was a state he visited early and often, it was a place where everyone knows coal is king. >> i like hard hats. let's see if it's a hard hat. it's a hard hat. >> it was coal country that was

Trade deals and now we don't have the allies. >> i have heard you speak in the past why it's a mistake to bring back coal in terms of the economy and environment. should technology be the industry that the administration thinks more about? sfl >> i think the first thing is that the government shouldn't think about who the winners and losers are. coal is going away for two substantive reasons. the one i care about is that coal kills. it's polluting the atmosphere and hurting the climate. but more importantly for reducing coal jobs and output, it's not competitive anymore. today natural gas frac...