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How much can the next president influence the U.S. energy system?

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imageThe U.S. oil industry is in the doldrums, but there's not much the next (or current) president can do about it. www.shutterstock.com

There have been dramatic changes in the U.S. energy system under our current president – a big drop in the use of coal, a boom in domestic oil and gas development from fracking, and the rapid spread of renewable...

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