August 30, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris’ attempt to explain her reversed stance on fracking did little to allay fears from oil and gas advocates about what she would do on energy as president.

And some green groups expressed their disappointment in Harris, while acknowledging the political realities of what the alternative would be if Donald Trump wins the election.

In her interview Thursday with CNN, the vice president reiterated that she no longer supports the fracking ban that she had called for during her last campaign for president in 2019. She cited President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, on which Harris cast the Senate’s tie-breaking vote, as a sign of what’s possible on climate change and clean energy policy.

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