Trump Said He Would “Absolutely” Build Nuclear Energy Facilities. HANNITY: “You would build nuclear facilities.” TRUMP: “Absolutely.”[Hannity, Fox News, 4/14/11] After The Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Trump Remained Committed To Nuclear Energy. CAVUTO: “Are we overreacting, Germany sidelining nuclear reactors? EU re- considering it. Joe Lieberman in this country saying maybe take a look at new licenses?” TRUMP: “But when you see what is going on in Japan certainly you can't say overreacting. But, you know, look, nuclear is a way that we get what we have to get which is energy. I think that probably there is not an overreaction but we have to be very, very careful. I worry about terrorists. I worry about other things beyond just that. We have the earthquakes. Now New York has been fairly earthquake-free and certain other areas. But you also have them in California and certainly that is a ground zero type site. We have to be very concerned. I'm in favor of nuclear energy. Very strongly in favor of nuclear energy. It is sort of interesting, somebody was explaining if a plane goes down, people keep flying. If you get into an auto crash, people keep driving. There are problems in life, not everything is so perfect. You have to look very carefully though at really taking care, have the best, the best people in terms of safeguards or nuclear energy. But we do need nuclear energy.” [Your World With Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 3/15/11] RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD (RFS) Donald Trump Affirmed His Support For The Renewable Fuel Standard After Touring The POET Biorefining Plant In Gowrie, Iowa. “Before attending the rally in Fort Dodge, Trump stopped at the POET Biorefining plant in Gowrie to tour the plant and discuss the renewable fuel standard with plant leadership and the co-chairs of America’s Renewable Energy. … That meeting was closed to the public, but afterward, Trump took two questions from a group of about 35 people who had been invited to a closed event. There, Trump affirmed his support of the renewable fuel standard. ‘I just want to tell you, you have my support,’ he said. ‘I’m with you.’” [Des Moines Register, 12/13/15] WIND POWER 2015: CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA, TRUMP CLAIMED HE SUPPORTED GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY… HEADLINE: “Donald Trump Hated Wind Farms — Until An Iowa Voter Asked.” [Washington Post, 11/19/15] 11/19/15: In Response To A Question From An Iowa Woman Whose Husband Worked For A Local Wind Turbine Manufacturer, Donald Trump Said He Supported Government Subsidies For The Wind Energy Industry. “Patricia Scalabrini, whose husband works for a local wind turbine manufacturer, wanted to know if Trump supports subsidies for the industry. The company that employs her husband, TPI, moved into a factory that was abandoned when Maytag moved its operations to Mexico. TPI employs about 800 people in Newton. It is helped by subsidies, in the form of the ‘production tax credit,’ which gives energy producers tax breaks based on how many kilowatt-hours of electricity they generate using renewable methods. … It is important to continued rapid expansion of the wind industry, and therefore to the woman's husband's job. Trump began by saying, ‘Well, I'm okay with it.’ …He noted that it can be hard for wind to be competitive in energy production particularly when prices for fossil fuels are so low, so ‘you need subsidies.’” [The Fix, Washington Post, 11/19/15] • 11/19/15: Donald Trump Said He Was “OK” With Wind Energy Subsidies Because “Otherwise [Wind Turbines] Are Not Going To Get Built … They're Very Expensive To Build And Without It I Don't Think They Work Without Subsidy.” “During a voter forum in Newton, Iowa, Trump said he's ‘OK’ with wind energy subsidies, mostly Confidential Page 119