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Kamala Harris reverses earlier anti-fracking stance and no longer supports a ban (fortune.com)
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[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s because the President can’t ban it if they wanted to. From this very article:

While there are several ways Harris, if elected president, could halt fracking on federal lands using executive power, she wouldn’t be able to unilaterally ban it on private land. Under a 2005 law, the Environmental Protection Agency has almost no regulatory power over fracking. Changing that would require an act of Congress.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's little reason to change your stance then, other than to virtue-signal to the right

[–] jorp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer to think of it as vice-signalling