Trump Vows to Speed Energy Projects as Obama Halts Pipeline

  • Republican candidate addresses shale forum in Pittsburgh
  • Says rival Clinton would further Obama’s regulatory policies

Donald Trump speaks during a Marcellus Shale Coalition conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 22, 2016.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to speed the government’s approval of energy infrastructure projects -- after the Obama administration moved to stall an oil pipeline in the Dakotas that has drawn protests.

He also promised to rescind a bevy of Obama administration environmental regulations in remarks to the Shale Insight conference in Pittsburgh, a summit representing natural gas producers.