Kamala Harris is the environmental radical that Biden has been slow to be

Published August 17, 2020 9:28pm ET



Joe Biden has continuously stopped short of calling for the most radical environmental proposals, including the Green New Deal and a national ban on fracking. Though he may have flirted with a “no new fracking” policy, he told a crowd just last month in Pennsylvania that their energy jobs were safe.

In fact, Biden’s hesitancy to go all-in on left-wing climate proposals even led the Sunrise Movement, a prominent climate organization that previously backed Bernie Sanders, to give his climate plan an F rating. Despite this hesitancy, when it comes to environmental reforms, it’s clear where Biden’s running mate stands.

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