What did Donald Trump claim about climate and energy on 25 Sep 2018?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We have become the largest energy producer anywhere on the face of the Earth.
No. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in November 2018 that China was the world's largest energy producer, a title it took in 2009.
The Energy Information Administration's China country analysis, as posted on eia.gov in November 2018, said China's economy 'has led it to be the largest energy consumer and producer in the world' and that rising coal output drove 'the country becoming the world's largest energy producer in 2009' (U.S. Energy Information Administration).
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- Address to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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