Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history″ and warned the U.S. “cannot over rely on foreign oil." The comments by Harris, a longtime climate hawk who backed the original Green New Deal, surprised many observers and were at odds with Harris' frequent boasts that she President Joe Biden are champions in the fight to slow global warming. A Republican strategist called the remark “another sign of Harris’ sprint to the middle" on energy policy and other issues. Some environmental groups were disappointed, but others shrugged, citing the threat to climate action posed by former President Donald Trump.
