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In 2016, when then-presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump appointed Mike Pence as his running mate, the environmental community began to speculate about what a Trump presidency would mean for carbon reduction efforts. Thomas Stoner Jr., in particular, wrote an opinion piece for MarketWatch that predicted a sharp turn away from sustainable energy markets and towards the revival of the coal and fracking industries.
