Notes From an Environmentalist.
Kamala Harris and Fracking.
Kamala Harris and Fracking
On July 26, Kamala Harris announced that she would not support a ban on fracking. It was a reversal from her previous stance when she was running for president in 2019.
The announcement put some environmental groups in a tizzy but it shouldn’t have done so. It is really just a wise adjustment to reality.
Fracking is a dirty business but it provided a necessary bridge that allowed us to move away from coal to green energy.
Fracking also shifted the U.S. from being an energy importer to an energy exporter which gave us leverage in foreign affairs. It allowed the U.S. to step in when Russia stopped pumping gas to Europe during the war in Ukraine.
Undoubtedly the fact that fracking creates thousands of jobs in swing states like Pennsylvania had something to do with her decision but for the time being it is necessary.
{Just don’t do it in my backyard!}