Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin acknowledges global warming is affecting her state

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Climate change: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin acknowledges global warming is affecting her state
But the former GOP vice presidential candidate contends gas drilling will help curb rising temperatures

By Kim Murphy | Tribune Newspapers
April 15, 2009
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin acknowledged Tuesday that global warming is harming her state but said stepped-up natural-gas production could mitigate its effects.

Palin spoke at a hearing before Interior Secretary Ken Salazar — the third of a series he is holding across the country to consider renewed oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf.

The 2008 Republican nominee for vice president said relatively clean-burning natural gas can supplant dirtier fuels and slow the discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

"We Alaskans are living with the changes that you are observing in Washington," she said. "The dramatic decreases in the extent of summer sea ice, increased coastal erosion, melting of permafrost, decrease in alpine glaciers and overall ecosystem changes are very real to us."

In the past, Palin has questioned the science behind predictions of sea ice loss.

But at Tuesday's hearing, she made it clear that she recognizes the problem of global warming and cast energy development as part of the answer.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-palin_15apr15,0,1709890.story

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I suspect Sarah, the leader of the McCain/Palin Klan rallies of '08, is on her last term as gov.

Good riddance.

[Richard Steele]

2. She didn't "acknowledge" it, she just SAID it. Different. nm

[Xipe Totec]

3. Now there's a Stupiphany n/t

[RoadRage]

4. Good For Her...

Look, this week we've all been bitching as Freepers still wouldn't give Obama credit for this Pirate debacle even though he did it right.

I'll turn the cheek and give Sarah credit for admitting to the environmental issues her state faces.. whatever her reasoning for it, I commend her for finally agreeing that there is an issue. If it gets 5% of her "devoted followers" to now open their eyes to the thought of saving the environment - then that is a good thing and a step in the right direction.

[walkaway]

5. Republicans can believe in global warming..

but to them it must be a natural phenomenon. Man doesn't cause it and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Big business can pollute away and no need to spend money on it either.

[sampsonblk]

6. wait till the Freepers see this! -nt

[NC_Nurse]

7. Stop talking, Sarah. That would stop the constant rush of HOT AIR up there.

[Number23]

8. Moose farts have global consequences, Sarah

It must have KILLED her to admit global warming was real.