Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would end fossil fuel development if elected, Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm said. Hamm addressed delegates in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention, speaking Wednesday in support of energy policies backed by GOP nominee Donald Trump . “Our nation should embrace energy independence, not eliminate it,” he said. “Hillary Clinton would eliminate fossil fuel development in America.” Continental Resources is among the largest leaseholders in the Bakken shale oil reserve in North Dakota. At a keynote address at a North Dakota energy conference this year, Trump said the United States would become “totally independent” from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in part by removing obstacles […]

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