Opinion: A pragmatic energy policy Kamala Harris could support

October 17, 2024

As Cal­i­for­nia’s at­tor­ney gen­eral, Kamala Har­ris proudly took on “Big Oil” and ad­vo­cated for a fed­eral frack­ing ban. Now, how­ever, when pressed to pro­vide more de­tails on her new en­ergy pol­icy, her cam­paign has in­sisted on “stra­te­gic am­bi­gu­ity” to avoid alien­at­ing both en­vi­ron­men­tal ac­tiv­ists and mod­er­ate vot­ers.