There was a lot of controversy surrounding President Biden’s stance on fracking throughout the campaign trail. His team consistently stated that he does not support a full ban on fracking, and the media was quick to amplify that claim. But, Biden himself was very clear about his policy position and last week’s executive orders proved his original statements to be true. During a Democratic primary debate, CNN’s Dana Bush asked Biden: “Would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a Biden administration?” Biden responded, “No, we would we would work it out. We would make…

Last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released a new economic analysis that outlined exactly how destructive a fracking ban would be to the American economy. Hydraulic fracking has allowed the U.S. to become the world leader in energy production and emissions reductions. Nobody, especially the Democratic presidential candidates, can be allowed to undermine all of the progress and recent energy accomplishments that have been achieved. A ban on fracking would not only hurt our economy. This would affect our household energy costs, increasing them by an average of $618 per year. This includes higher costs for gasoline, residential natural gas for…

There are more and more arguments against fracking every day, despite the fact that these arguments are only becoming less and less fact-based as time goes on. In 2012, a study was conducted that found U.S. consumers benefited by more than $100 billion per year in lower natural gas prices because of fracking. Now, the annual benefits to consumers from fracking have almost doubled. Sadly, this hasn’t stopped Democratic presidential candidates from calling for a ban of fracking on the campaign trail. Most notably, the current Democratic frontrunner, Senator Bernie Sanders, has been calling for a ban on fracking for…

Nicolas Loris, The Heritage Foundation’s Morgan Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy stated in an op-ed in The Intelligencer: Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is safe. Studies from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey and many academic institutions have all concluded that fracking poses no threat to groundwater supplies. The move in energy markets from coal to natural gas has improved air quality and reduced carbon dioxide emissions. And yet some states and counties have advocated for fracking bans, and more recently, several presidential candidates have called for the same. While a president doesn’t have the…