During the first night of the GOP convention, Republicans asserted that Democrats will ban hydraulic fracking, thereby decimating US oil and gas jobs, in spite of leading Democrats’ pullback from that more aggressive stance toward oil and gas production. The warning by convention speakers Aug. 24, confirmed that contrasts over oil and gas development remain an important 2020 campaign theme for Republicans and President Donald Trump. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to halt oil and gas permitting on federal lands and waters and to seek to end oil and gas subsidies, but has steered clear of calls for a broader ban on hydraulic fracturing. The recently adopted Democratic Party platform embraced ambitious climate goals, but […]