How Joe Biden and Kamala Harris really feel about banning fracking

Fracking got a lot of airplay during the vice presidential debates on Wednesday night, as Mike Pence claimed a Biden administration would ban the practice.

But Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris fiercely pushed back on the suggestion.

“I will repeat, and the American people will know, Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact. That is a fact,” Harris said.

Her comments drew the interest of President Trump, who weighed in on Twitter with Harris’ own record on fracking.

The president posted a clip from what appeared to be a town hall event in which the California lawmaker said that there was “no question” she was in favor of banning fracking.

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris BOTH want to BAN FRACKING,” Trump wrote.

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracking, is a process by which water, sand and chemicals are pumped into the ground at very high pressures to crack layers of rock and release oil or gas trapped inside.

Environmental activists say the method has led to increased air and water pollution around the country, while advocates say its a job and manufacturing booster.

Biden’s position on Fracking has at times been confusing.

In a March Democratic primary debate, he said: “No more – no new fracking,” after then-rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he would end the practice in order to combat global warming.

Biden’s campaign said he meant he wouldn’t allow new federal land-drilling leases.

In an August campaign event in Pennsylvania Biden stressed that “I am not banning fracking.”

“I am not banning fracking, no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me,” Biden said.