Palin Suddenly Discovers Global Warming Problem, Proposes More Natural Gas Drilling As Solution (!)

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Reporting from Anchorage -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin acknowledged Tuesday that global warming was harming her state but said stepped-up natural-gas production could mitigate its effects. Speaking at a hearing before Interior Secretary Ken Salazar -- the third of several he is holding across the country to consider renewed oil and gas leasing on the outer continental shelf -- Palin said that relatively clean-burning natural gas could supplant dirtier fuels and slow the discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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In the past, Palin has questioned the science behind predictions of sea ice loss. Her administration sued the federal government to block endangered species protections for polar bears, whose habitat is melting. When she was the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, partisan crowds cheered her on by chanting, "Drill, baby, drill."

But at Tuesday's hearing, she made it clear that she recognizes the problem of global warming, and she cast energy development as part of the answer. "Stopping domestic energy production of preferred fuels does not solve the issues associated with global warming and threatened or endangered species, but it can make them worse," she said.

Palin acknowledged that "many believe" a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases is needed. "Simply waiting for low-carbon-emitting renewable capacity to be large enough will mean that it will be too late to meet the mitigation goals for reducing that will be required under most credible climate-change models," she warned.


Ed. - emphasis added

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin15-2009apr15,0,3824210.story

"Many believe" . . . is that like "some people say"?

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