"During the Sept. 10 presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris not only walked back her 2020 vow to 'end fracking once and for all,' but seemed to embrace the technology, bragging about record oil and gas production under the Biden administration's watch. It was a sharp blow to climate advocates, whose reactions ranged from outright dismay and bewilderment to deflated resignation."
"Democrats, however, must walk a fine and wavy and often contradictory line to avoid alienating environmentalists, their oil-state colleagues and the voting public. The debate was held in Pennsylvania, one of the nation's largest natural gas producers and both a beneficiary and a victim of what's come to be known as 'fracking.'"
"The record-breaking energy production that Harris takes partial credit for has also harmed places like Pennsylvania and the San Juan and Piceance basins in New Mexico and Colorado, areas that are natural gas-rich but oil-poor."
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