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Prez dispenser A roundup of news on the presidential election	Kate Sheppard	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama visited Nevada, where he assured voters that he loves the mining industry. Locals in Sarah Palin's hometown of Wasila, Alaska, say that she 'fouled her own nest' by promoting rampant development during her tenure as mayor. 'Sarah's legacy as mayor was big-box stores and runaway growth,' said one resident. One of the victims of that development was the lake in Palin's own front yard, Lake Lucille, which is now effectively a 'dead' lake. In her ...
Topics: Sarah Palin, presidential race 08, Barack Obama, elections, politics, news, Muckraker, Alaska (all these topics)

That pig doesn't believe in aeronautics, no wonder it's not flying! Palin's climate skepticism is irrelevant	David Roberts	23 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin writes a piece on Sarah Palin's climate skepticism that seems, like so many articles in this genre, to dance around something obvious. In the piece, upon finding out that Palin doesn't believe in anthropogenic climate change, one Alaska enviro is quoted saying "now I know why" Palin fought emission reductions. That activist is pretending, and us readers are supposed to pretend, that ah ha, the reason Palin has blocked ...
Topics: presidential race 08, elections, Alaska, Sarah Palin, John McCain, politics, energy (all these topics)

Senate Race '08: The other big story in Alaska Democrat Mark Begich looks to unseat indicted Ted Stevens	Kate Sheppard	19 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Sarah Palin isn't the only Alaskan in a hot race this election season. Enviros are also closely watching the state's Senate race, which has incumbent Republican Ted Stevens up against Democrat Mark Begich, the mayor of Anchorage. Stevens cruised to an easy victory in the Republican primary last month, winning 63 percent of the vote in an election with six challengers -- despite the fact that he was indicted by a federal grand jury in July. Stevens will be in c ...
Topics: Alaska, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Eh, 20 percent, 3.5 percent, who's counting? McCain/Palin energy lie about Alaska the latest to come in for media scrutiny	David Roberts	15 Sep 2008	Gristmill
In her Friday interview with Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin said that Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." McCain has said the same thing -- in an interview with Univision that aired Friday, he said, "Alaska supplies 20 percent of America's energy." It's clearly an established campaign talking point. Thing is, it's false. FactCheck.org debunks it here. Alaska is responsible for 3.5 percent of domestic energy pr ...
Topics: Alaska, elections, energy, John McCain, lying liars, mainstream media, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin ... (all these topics)

Pipeline to nowhere	David Roberts	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Remember the natural gas pipeline that played such a big role in Sarah Palin's acceptance speech? The one God himself blessed? One of the few actual accomplishments on her resume? Turns out not so much: The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade. In fact, although it is the centerpiece of Ms. Palin's relatively brief record as governor, the pi ...
Topics: Alaska, natural gas, politics, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

A Matter of Import Palin asks Schwarzenegger to veto bill that would reduce port pollution		12 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 10:25 AM on 12 Sep 2008 One day before being catapulted into the running for GOP vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), urging him to veto a significant pollution-reduction effort. Specifically, she asked the Governator to not sign a bill that would impose container fees on ships entering the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakla ...
Topics: air pollution, Alaska, Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, economy, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, state politics (all these topics)

Palin v. Palin McCain's running mate has offered mixed message on climate change	Kate Sheppard	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Sarah Palin, in her Sept. 11, 2008, interview with ABC News: 'Show me where I have ever said that there's absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.' Palin, in a Newsmax interview last month: 'A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location ... I'm not one, though, who would attribute it to being man-made.' Palin, in an interview with a F ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Pipeline to Nowhere? Alaska natural-gas pipeline is far from a done deal		11 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 11:37 AM on 11 Sep 2008 Photo: triciaward In her speech at the Republican National Convention last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin touted her role in moving forward a plan for a natural-gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to the Lower 48. The GOP veep candidate declared, "That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangero ...
Topics: Alaska, Big Oil, energy, natural gas, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

A climate change we can disbelieve in Sarah Palin's record on climate change	Guest author	11 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay by Ben Block, a staff writer with the Worldwatch Institute. It is reprinted with Worldwatch Institute's permission. ----- Sarah Palin, U.S. vice presidential candidate, may be an influential actor in Congressional efforts to pass climate change legislation. Photo Courtesy State of Alaska. When comparing the U.S. presidential candidates' green credentials, both contenders support greater action to address climate change through a ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Something fishy in Alaska Gourmet's Barry Estabrook on Palin, mining, and a sustainable salmon fishery	Tom Philpott	10 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Wasn't McCain initially trying to pitch Sarah Palin as some sort of maverick who stands up to Alaska's dirty industries on matters of principle? Whatever. According to an excellent post by Barry Estabrook on Gourmet magazine's blog, Sarah Barracuda has been baring her fangs on behalf of Alaska's mining industry, even when its actions imperil what Estabrook calls 'one of the world's largest and most sustainable wild salmon fisheries.' According to Estabrook, Palin ope ...
Topics: Sarah Palin, mining, Alaska, fishing, business (all these topics)

Palin's 'energy expertise'	David Roberts	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Alaska is basically a petrostate -- to the extent oil prices rise, it benefits. Thus politicians in Alaska develop a very sophisticated ability to encourage Alaskan energy exploration and to use the resulting revenue to garner support among their constituents. It's difficult to see how that sort of 'expertise' is going to translate to the national or international stage. Or rather: What Matt said.
Topics: Sarah Palin, oil and gas drilling, oil, Alaska, politics (all these topics)

A Palin in the neck Note to media: Pork queen Palin is an earmark expert, not an energy expert	Joseph Romm	04 Sep 2008	Gristmill
If you google 'Palin 'energy expert,'' you'll find more than 10,000 hits. It's no surprise that conservative shills like George Pataki and Haley Barbour use that label -- heck, a major conservative talking point is that she's a foreign-policy expert because 'Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia,' as Cindy McCain put it. Conservatives are desperate to inflate the resume of this partially vetted semi-qualified VP choice. But it is outrageous for CNBC' ...
Topics: Alaska, elections, energy, mainstream media, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

On the bridge to nowhere Palin was for the bridge before she was against it	Kate Sheppard	01 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Remember the Bridge to Nowhere? Last week, in her VP acceptance speech, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the crowd, 'I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere.' Turns out she was for the bridge before she was against it. The bridge (actually called the Gravina Island Bridge) was the mother of all ridiculous federal earmarks, bringing in a $223 million set-aside in 2005. While campaigning for governor in 2006, she was pro-bridge, saying to Ketchi ...
Topics: Alaska, Muckraker, politics, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on CNBC's Kudlow & Company McCain's veep pick talks energy, ANWR, and the improbability of being tapped for VP	Sara Barz	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
During a June 25, 2008, appearance on CNBC's Kudlow & Company, Sarah Palin said, "Sen. McCain is wrong" on the issue of oil drilling. �She said, "I think he's going to evolve into eventually supporting ANWR opening also ...� I'd like the opportunity to change his mind about ANWR."� She was also asked about the possibility of being chosen as McCain's running mate and said, "it's really probably out of the realm of possibility to be tapped ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, elections, energy, interview, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

Industry Try Again Industry groups sue Interior over polar bear		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:13 PM on 29 Aug 2008 The U.S. Interior Department has been sued yet again over polar bears, this time by five industry groups that say the agency's regulations for protecting bears unfairly single out Alaska businesses' contribution to climate change. When the polar bear was declared a threatened species because of climate change, Interior went to great lengths to note that the ruling should not be used to block greenho ...
Topics: Alaska, business, climate, Department of Interior, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, polar bears (all these topics)

Palin around The eco-rundown on Alaska guv Sarah Palin, John McCain's veep pick	Grist	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Last updated 10:29 a.m. PDT GOP presidential candidate John McCain today announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his running mate in the race against Barack Obama and Joe Biden. McCain's official announcement of his veep pick declares, 'Governor Palin has challenged the influence of the big oil companies while fighting for the development of new energy resources. She leads a state that matters to every one of us -- Alaska has significant energy resources ...
Topics: Alaska, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Palin Around The eco-rundown on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's VP pick		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:14 AM on 29 Aug 2008 In a surprise move this morning, John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin, a conservative Republican, was the ethics commissioner of the Alaska Gas and Oil Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 and has a reputation for integrity and fighting corruption. She has pushed to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling and to build a natural-gas pip ...
Topics: Alaska, elections, John McCain, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Top of the food chain Global warming unleashes 'world's largest land predators' on humans	Joseph Romm	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
It could be the premise of a new horror movie -- based on an all-too-true story. We have 'a new and unusual threat: a polar bear stuck on land due to climate change': Five scientists studying shorebirds in northern Alaska had to themselves take flight after a polar bear showed up at a time of year it should have been out on ice floes hunting seals.Polar bears would normally be out on sea ice in spring and summer, the group said in a statement, 'but with recent warm ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Like there are so many other reasons to visit the barren tundra? Alaska claims protecting wildlife would hurt tourism	Miles Grant	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Somehow this one went under my radar last week, but I couldn't let it slip by: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The state of Alaska has sued the U.S. government, arguing that listing polar bears as a threatened species will hurt Alaskan oil and gas exploration, fisheries and tourism.The lawsuit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, seeks the withdrawal of a May 14 decision to list the big Arctic bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because climate ch ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, litigation, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Uneven Stevens Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens indicted over dodgy dealings with oil-services firm	Kate Sheppard	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens -- the longest-serving Republican in the Senate and a longtime thorn in the side of enviros -- was indicted today. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., charged the 84-year-old senator with seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms between 1999 to 2006 in order to conceal gifts and in-kind services from the oil-field engineering firm VECO Corp. and its CEO, Bill Allen. The indictment charges that Allen ...
Topics: Alaska, Muckraker, news, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

Lyin' and Stevens Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens indicted on corruption charges		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 10:23 AM on 29 Jul 2008 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, has been indicted on seven charges related to a corruption probe involving oil-services company VECO. Check out our past coverage of the Stevens scandal. From the Archives Coy Story. EPA staffers told not to talk to media, inspector general, or anyone else. Are You Just Toying With Us? Congress ...
Topics: Alaska, news, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

What do Juneau? Grist talks to Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mark Begich	Kate Sheppard	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Anchorage's Democratic mayor, Mark Begich, is challenging Republican incumbent Ted Stevens for his Senate seat this November. Begich, 46, is in his fifth year as mayor, and is the city's first mayor actually born in Anchorage. In a state that's already feeling the effects of a warming planet, Begich lists climate change as a top issue in his campaign, calling for a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. He's also big on energy ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, elections, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, video (all these topics)

Drill Bill, Vol. 1 2.6 million acres opened to drilling in Alaska, Dems introduce Drill Act to spur production		17 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:02 AM on 17 Jul 2008 The U.S. Interior Department announced it's opening up some 2.6 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to exploratory drilling. A decision on drilling in the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake area of the reserve has been deferred for 10 years, delighting many environmentalists who have advocated for its permanent protection. Bidding on ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, gas prices, legislation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Restating the obvious: Coal isn't renewable Alaska state legislature proposes fund to support alternative energy including coal	Sean Casten	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Alaska has proposed a $21 billion fund (Greenwire, $ub. req'd), which uses oil surpluses to support alternative energy projects, including: wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, biomass and a plant that 'produces ultraclean fuels from coal.' State Rep. Les Gara (D-Anchorage) responds: Coal is not renewable energy and by any fair definition it's not really alternative energy Sounds controversial!
Topics: Alaska, energy, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

Judicial activism Aftermath of Supreme Court's Exxon decision	Sir Oolius	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Estimated time for full ecological recovery by affected species from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill: 15 - 30 years. Estimated time for full financial recovery by Exxon Mobil Corp. from yesterday's Supreme Court decision: 4.5 days. As written in yesterday's opinion: The real problem, it seems, is the stark unpredictability of punitive awards.
Topics: Alaska, environmental justice, oil, politics (all these topics)

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