Sen. Kamala Harris said she would seek to ban fracking and offshore drilling if she is elected president. “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” she said of the controversial form of oil and natural gas extraction. ClimateTownHall
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Harris, a former prosecutor, said “people who profit off harmful behaviors” need to have a financial reason to change their behavior. She added: “These are bad behaviors. They are causing harm and death in communities. And there has been no accountability. Certainly not by this administration. Nor, and I hate to say it so generally, by the Republicans in Congress.”“Yes,” she said. “And they’re going to pay fines and they are going to pay fees.”
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