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Kamala Harris has a long and terrifying record on energy and economic policy. Four years removed from her tenure in the U.S. Senate, Harris has not left her support for radical ideas like the Green New Deal behind. Though Harris has sought to distance herself from her own past, her history of supporting radical attacks on American energy producers speaks for itself. The policies she and president Biden implemented during their four years in office have cut hard against the values of working America.

Less a standard-bearer than a front person, Harris’ radical policies are likely to be generated by the collection of politicians and activists she’s surrounded herself with. A Harris election victory would bring the American energy boom, already reeling from four years of constant attack, to an end. It would cost the country hundreds of thousands of jobs. It would drive up the cost of electricity and of transportation, even higher, for all Americans. And it would put accelerate us down the road to economic decline.

Among the most concerning aspects of Harris’ 2024 platform, or what is known of it,is her desire for the U.S. to be forcefully transitioned to “net zero,” her prominent support for an energy-draining Green New Deal to build off the disastrous Inflation Reduction Act, and her plan to all but end American oil and gas development. These policies are popular among the Democratic Party activists that have embraced Harris, but they are losers with and for the American people.

Harris’ energy platform would continue Biden’s war on American energy by putting bureaucrats in charge, driving up energy costs for Americans, and handing power back to hostile regimes abroad.

Issues

Net Zero

The Biden-Harris administration re-committed the U.S. to the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement is a radical plan that seeks to usher in a global “net-zero” carbon emissions regime by 2050.

Under this plan, the U.S. toes the globalist energy line, restricting our industrial output as China continues to expand. Harris proudly touts that he administration has worked with the Chinese government to get the Paris Agreement implemented. While the Paris commitment has been a burden on the U.S. along with their failed Clean Power Plan, they agreed to allow the Chinese to continue increasing their emissions for another decade. China, it should be noted, already emits twice as much as the United States. Jumping back into the Paris Agreement meant handing the reins of global industry to China.

The Biden-Harris administration has gone further than even the Obama administration on their push for “net-zero,” with various federal agencies making the goal of “zero-carbon emissions” an explicit goal in rule-making. This emphasis on “net-zero” before all other considerations has turned federal regulations into a weapon against American energy producers, businesses, and families.


Oil & Gas

Kamala Harris has repeatedly stated in public that she favors a ban on new hydraulic fracturing and a ban on oil and gas development on federal lands and in federal waters.Harris’ ban on fracking and her ban on oil drilling on federal lands and offshore areas would have devastating results on the economy, jobs, and revenues, and energy prices would skyrocket. Several states would be impacted severely and directly—Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Wyoming.

By her own account, Harris will sign a series of new executive orders with unprecedented reach that go well beyond the Biden-Harris administration ‘s on going war against American platform oil and gas. Harris’ overarching goal is the complete elimination of oil and gas from our economy by government mandate.


Transportation

The Biden-Harris administration has already implemented an EV mandate for the entire United States which will upend the American lifestyle. While Trump favors affordability and safety, the Harris plan would ratchet up the cost of vehicles while spending billions on trains, buses, and electric vehicle subsidies that primarily benefit the wealthy and coastal urbanites.


Infrastructure & Electricity

The Biden-Harris administration canceled the Keystone XL pipeline. This policy switch alone would cost tens of thousands of jobs.

Harris’ electricity policy would not only be costly, it might be calamitous. She calls for a federal mandate that would put reliable sources of electricity like natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy at the back of the line while putting grid-taxing, intermittent wind and solar front and center. It is a recipe for higher costs and heightened reliability concerns.