if your stance on fracking looks like a Weather Vein constantly shifting Direction with the political winds you might just be kamla Harris let's break this down and understand the complexities behind her evolving position during her 2019 campaign vice president Kamala Harris supported a fracking ban fast forward to today she's backing new fracking leases as part of the inflation reduction act so why the change much of the land used for fracking is privately owned making a federal ban legally complex fracking contribute significantly to us energy production and economic stability abruptly Banning it could have severe economic repercussions the political landscape in Congress is deeply divided making it difficult to pass sweeping environmental reforms the oil and gas industry has powerful lobbying and many lawmakers from energy heavy States would oppose such a move initially she aligned with Progressive voices pushing for a rapid fossil fuel phase out now her focus is on implementing existing laws like the inflation reduction Act