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      Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Does Not Intend To Ban Fracking

      Joe Biden has said that he does not intend to ban fracking, but will not support new projects in the industry.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  27 July 2020 5:33 PM IST
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      Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Does Not Intend To Ban Fracking
      A video ad on Facebook claims that Joe Biden will abolish fracking and cause the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs if elected president of the United States. This is misleading; Biden's remarks have been sharply edited, and he has said that he does not intend to ban fracking, but will not support new projects in the industry.


      The video centers on Pennsylvania, a swing state reclaimed by Donald Trump for the Republican Party in 2016, and a hub for fracking, a shortened name for hydraulic fracturing of bedrock using pressurized liquid to extract oil or natural gas.

      A still image taken from the video created by America First Action

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      "Joe Biden wants to eliminate fracking. Over 600,000 Pennsylvanians' jobs gone. Billions in wages, lost," says the narrator of the video, posted on June 23, 2020 by America First Action, a pro-Trump political action committee.

      The video features Biden, Barack Obama's vice president, saying: "We'd make sure it's eliminated."

      That remark was made during a Democratic Party candidates' debate almost one year ago.

      Biden was asked by CNN anchor Dana Bash during the July 31, 2019 debate: "Just to clarify, would there be any place for fossil fuels, including coal and fracking, in a Biden administration?

      A still image of the exchange between CNN's Dana Bash and Democrat Joe Biden on July 31, 2019

      What followed was a lengthier answer than that shown in the ad.

      "No, we would -- we would work it out. We would make sure it's eliminated and no more subsidies for either one of those, either -- any fossil fuel," said Biden, according to video footage and a transcript.

      Shorter versions of the America First Action video can be seen here and here.

      In another candidates' debate on March 15, 2020, Biden said: "No more. No new fracking."

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      And during an interview with a Pittsburgh-based television station that aired on April 20 this year, he was again asked if he intended to stop fracking.

      "No I wouldn't shut down this industry," Biden answered. "I know our Republican friends have tried to say I said it, I said I would not do any new leases on federal land. Ninety percent of the leases are not on federal land to begin with."

      Biden's campaign has also denied that there are plans to ban fracking.

      Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman, described the claim about fracking as false, and told AFP it remained the case that the Democratic candidate "would not allow new permits for fracking on federal land."

      America First Action, which describes itself as dedicated to electing federal candidates loyal to the agenda of Trump and Mike Pence, the Republican ticket for November's election, did not respond to an email about the ads.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      US Elections 2020Joe BidenBarack ObamaUS Presidential Elections2020 US Presidential ElectionsUS electionsDemocratsRepublicansFrackingFact CheckMike Pence#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden wants to eliminate fracking.
      Claimed By :  America First Action on Facebook
      Fact Check :  False
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