Should fracking be banned?

The vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Kamala Harris on Wednesday featured discussion of some of the most pressing issues facing the country: the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, President Trump’s record and the Supreme Court. One topic that got more attention than most pundits might have expected was fracking.

Pence raised the subject several times, making repeated false claims that Joe Biden supports an outright ban on fracking. Biden’s environmental platform calls for a gradual phasing out of fossil fuels by 2050, but does not include a...