Trump Meets With Energy CEOs Discouraged by Fracking Remarks
- Republican isn’t pressed on fracking comments before media
- His July comments disappointed some in the energy industry
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump applauds supporters after his campaign speech in Loveland, Colorado, on Oct. 3, 2016.
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Energy executives in Denver on Tuesday warned Donald Trump, who has said he supports letting local residents vote on fracking bans, that state regulations are thwarting oil and gas development.
The Republican presidential nominee’s meeting could be designed to assuage industry concerns provoked when he told a Denver television station in July that “if a municipality or state wants to ban fracking, I could understand that,” adding that “voters should have a say” in the issue.