Biden Disavows Ban on Fracking During Pennsylvania Visit

Biden Disavows Ban on Fracking During Pennsylvania Visit
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Lodges at Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Penn., on Oct. 6, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sought to reassure traditional energy workers during a campaign stop on Oct. 10 in northwestern Pennsylvania that a Biden administration would not ban fracking.

“I am not, not, not banning fracking, period,” Biden said at a union hall in Erie, seen as a crucial county in a so-called battleground state. It was among the most populous counties in the nation to flip to Republican support from the Democrats in 2016.