Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now she's promoting domestic oil drilling
Story by Matthew Daly • 1d • 4 min read
Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Democratic administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil.”
The comment by Harris, a longtime climate hawk who backed the original Green New Deal, surprised supporters and opponents alike — and conflicted with frequent boasts by Harris and President Biden that they are champions in the fight to slow global warming.
When Donald Trump was president, he withdrew the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change, but the Biden-Harris administration reentered the global pact aimed at reducing emissions. The administration also set a target to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and moved to accelerate renewable energy projects and shift away from fossil fuels.
Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist, said it was notable that at a debate in energy-rich Pennsylvania, Harris chose to “brag about something that President Biden has barely acknowledged — that domestic fossil fuel production under the Biden administration is at an all-time high.
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