CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris asserted Tuesday that the Biden-Harris administration is ramping up oil production.
Verdict: False. The Biden-Harris administration has actively worked to curb domestic oil production.
Former President Donald Trump said during Tuesday's presidential debate that Harris has proposed banning fracking.
Harris said In response, Trump said, “My values have not changed. I believe we should invest in diversified energy sources to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Domestic oil production has increased more than ever before.”
“Fracking? She's been against it for 12 years. She wants to confiscate guns and she would never allow fracking in Pennsylvania,” Trump said during a debate in Philadelphia.
The Biden-Harris administration has aggressively sought to shut down oil and gas production.
At the start of his administration, President Joe Biden Ordered The Secretary of the Interior has ordered a halt to new oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and waters and a review of existing permits for fossil fuel development.
“Penalties against the oil and gas industry will cost good-paying American jobs, hurt our already struggling economy, make the country even more dependent on foreign energy sources, and impact those who depend on affordable and reliable energy,” Ann Bradbury, president of the American Exploration and Production Council, said in a statement earlier this year.
In 2023, the Biden-Harris administration would cancel oil leases sold by the Trump administration to Alaska wildlife refuges, blocking new drilling.
POLITICO Reported 2023:
In steps announced Wednesday, the Interior Department will cancel ANWR leases that the Trump administration sold shortly before leaving office. It also proposes to ban drilling on 10.6 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve along the state's North Slope – about 40 percent of the reserve's total area – and restrict drilling activity on an additional 2.6 million acres. These areas are critical habitat for wildlife, including grizzly and polar bears, caribou and hundreds of thousands of migratory birds, the Interior department said.
“[Biden administration officials] “We love to talk about racial equity, racial justice, environmental justice, taking care of people of color, but there's one big exception: Alaska Natives. They screw them all the time,” Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Arkansas) said in 2023.
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