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An oil baron is fighting renewable energy production by influencing fellow billionaire Donald Trump, a New York Times opinion piece warned Monday.

Fracking pioneer Harold Hamm earned a considerable fortune in fossil fuels and is not willing to watch renewable energy — produced by wind, solar, and hydropower — take a bite out of his profits, according to energy writer Russell Gold. Hamm's privately held company is the 13th-largest oil producer in the United States, raking in $2 billion in profits last year, the article said.

Hamm began his campaign against the "parasitic" wind industry in Oklahoma in 2016, about the same time he endorsed Trump's first presidential campaign. Since then, Hamm "has taken his fight against renewables national — and made a project out of influencing President Trump," the article says....

Former President Donald Trump, the convicted felon who originated the thought experiment on whether it would be better to be electrocuted by a boat or eaten by a shark, stunned the nation on Friday when he looked to the sky and found yet another new concern.

Trump detailed the problem to attendees of his rally in Chesapeake, Virginia.

"They want electric planes," Trump told the crowd. "What if the sun isn't shining when you're up in the air?" ...

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Making homes more efficient and more electric is critical to combating climate change. But the undertaking can be expensive and beyond the financial reach of many families.

Help, however, is on the way....