Harris vows not to ban fracking as president

Between the lines: A fracking ban has never truly been in the offing as it would take an act of Congress that's not in the cards any time soon.

Driving the news: CNN's Dana Bash asked about her 2019 co-sponsorship of the Green New Deal resolution and call for banning fracking, and former policies on other topics.

• "The most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed," Harris said.
• Harris said "the climate crisis is real" and "urgent" and demands "metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time."

The big picture: She touted the 2022 climate law, and U.S. targets set under President Biden.

• The non-binding U.S. pledge under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030.
• Under Biden and Harris the nation's oil and gas production has increased, and the U.S. is the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.

The bottom line: The U.S. became the world's largest oil producer in 2018 and has only widened that lead in the Biden years.

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Editor's note: This article has been updated with more context. Andrew Freedman contributed reporting.