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Are going to be disrupted in years. >> you're already seeing that in the energy sector. we had 20 coal plants that had been retired this year. coal is at its lowest point since 1979 when jimmy carter put solar panels on the white house the first time. and when you look at what utility companies are doing, dte in michigan, in southeastern michigan, this year broke ground on a new natural gas plant. a billion-dollar investment. retiring five coal plants. investing in renewables. economically, coal doesn't make sense anymore. natural gas renewables do. >> i'm curious the impact of the trump admin...

Detail. do you think he should resign or be fired? >> well, first of all, let me say that the actions taken by scott pruitt in the environmental arena whether it is trying to undermine the clean power plant plan or weaken the restrictions on lead or undermine methane rules are reasons enough to validate my decision to oppose his confirmation. this daily drip of accusations of excessive spending and ethical violations serve to further distract the agency from accomplishing its very important mission. i think congress needs to do some oversight. after all, we don't know the extent of the recomme...

>> first of all, let me say that the actions taken by scott pruitt in the environmental arena, whether it's trying to undermine the clean power plant plan or weaken the restrictions on lead or undermine the methane rules are reasons enough to validate my decision to oppose his confirmation. this daily drip of accusations of excessive spending and ethical violations serve to further distract the agency from accomplishing it's very important mission. i think congress needs to do some oversight, after all we don't know the extent of the recommendations made by mr. pruitt's security team. but on p...