Global Warming Is 'Very Real for Us,' Palin Says

Associated Press ^ | April 14, 2009 | Kim Murphy

[Free ThinkerNY]

(AP) — ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- 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 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.

"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."

[Arizona Carolyn]

Everyone -- and I mean everyone -- needs to learn to check the truth at this site before getting all emotional about AP stories on what Palin did or didn't say!

Click on the logo to get the most recent date and read down, this article is there with the facts

http://www.conservatives4palin.com/

[Arizona Carolyn]

see #121

[SoCalPol]

this is a set up thread by the TP loons and others.
Thank goodness that are some adults on FR to blow
out the loons.

These types never state who they are for on this type of a thread. They are the type who can’t be challenged

[Kent C]

If you go and read the whole statement on the State of Alaska website you will see that she was calling Salazars bluff concerning statements he made at his confirmation.

I do understand that particular battle but what she said, if she was quoted correctly, paints a picture that I simply can't appreciate and that is factually wrong. This is a form of 'Stockholm syndrome' with regards to the press and the Leftists, at the worse and simple igornance of all the facts at the best.

Look, I was her biggest supporter at the time she was chosen and even in the Gibson interview (while they were walking) she alluded to the idea that global warming may not be man-made and that it didn't matter as long as we worked for a cleaner planet. I questioned her view then but it was at least acceptable without having any other info, but her statements here - again, if reported correctly, shows an entirely different viewpoint - an acknowledgement of global warming even though she still might not think it is 'man-made' - although some of the comments made even point to that. Eg.:

"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,"

Acknowledging that even the 'preferred fuels' can "make them worse" shows an agreement that man can have an effect on global warming. I don't buy it.

[eyedigress]

I have 15 years in AZ. Cowboy family from the ‘20’s as well. Do I have to read it or can you give a summary?

[Wissa]

Gov. Palin is the closest to Reagan as a Conservative and can energize the crowds as he did.

At this point I'd bet that you're right on that. I'm not going to close my mind to more information though. I've been burned enough times by politicians saying what they think I want to hear when they want my vote, and then later finding out they've been playing me for the fool.

[Arizona Carolyn]

go to the link below click on the logo to make certain you have most recent date and then and scan down to the article with citations to the facts and not the AP version of the facts

http://www.conservatives4palin.com/

[Arizona Carolyn]

I think the two most important sentences to the AP rebuttal is:

Palin previously had 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.

The article completely ignores numerous statements the governor made during the recent presidential campaign about global warming. And it fails to mention that the governor created a sub-cabinet on climate change long before she ran for vice-president.

[Mojave]

Please provide direct quote

Is the following idiotic and/or cowardly enough?

“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 [carbon dioxide] that will be required under most credible climate-change models,” she warned.

“Meeting these goals will require a dramatic increase . . . to preferred available fuels, including natural gas, that have a very low carbon footprint . . .,” she said. “These available fuels are required to supply the nation's energy needs during the transition to green energy alternatives.”

[redk]

I can tell you how this will end. Everyone continues to take the bait from the MSM. Palin ends up on the fringes of politics, in 2012 we get an insider like Mitt or Newt and 90% of the people bitching about Palin now will still be complaining about how much the GOP sucks. Why waste the energy?

[4woodenboats]

Yeah, be suspicious that she's trying to save current and future jobs from a guy that has recently given back billions of dollars of oil lease dollars in an area that otherwise is home to rattlesnakes and scorpions.

Sarah's trying to save Alaska from Obama, and, pardon me, but WTH does Romney have to do with this?

It's Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that's walking around with the hundreds of thousands of miles of yellow CLOSED signs and bouys that you need to read up on.

HOPE AND PRAY that she was political enough, and that he isn't at this moment marking up a map of Alaska with big black X's and circles. He can, has, and will on a whim or a nod from zero.

[Mojave]

Her sales presentation was a brilliant one.

It was a lie.

[steelyourfaith]

Major disappointment.

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[gigster]

Do you have any pictures of it?
I can compare them to pictures
I took in 1981, if you do.

[Clyde5445]

I can’t believe some would fall for this. Josh Painter is right. This is a wedge issue the rats are going to us to split us are we going to let them. Before everybody decides to jump ship do some research on Gov. Palin’s position.

[SoCalPol]

I only support candidates who have a set of values, don’t flip on the issues every other week.

I don’t buy into those who tell you what you want to hear or I would be supporting the candidates the loons on this thread support.

[SoCalPol]

Gov. Palin Testifies on Development of Outer Continental Shelf

Governor Palin Testifies on Outer Continental Shelf

April 14, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today testified before Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in a federal hearing in Anchorage, urging the Obama administration to stand by Salazar’s confirmation hearing statement favoring “wise, responsible use of conventional fuels,” such as the oil and gas resources found in abundance in the Outer Continental Shelf.

“Alaska has consistently supported oil and gas development in our OCS,” Governor Palin testified. “We have done so recognizing that certain areas should be exempted from leasing, or have seasonal drilling restrictions imposed to protect whale migrations.

We have done so because we recognize the significance OCS development will have on the nation’s and the state’s economic and energy future. We have done so because we know oil and gas development can occur appropriately, while protecting the environment, the species and the people impacted. We have proven this can be done.

“The fact that Alaska’s OCS potential to produce oil and gas is world-class is supported by the best peer reviewed scientific estimates.

Alaska’s oil and gas resources can and should be a major part of the implementation of any creditable energy plan for our nation. Alaska has proven that these resources can be developed safely, but Arctic exploration and development is a slow, demanding process.

Delays or major restrictions in accessing these resources for environmentally responsible development are not in the national interest or the interests of the State of Alaska.”

Governor Palin returned to Juneau after her testimony. A copy of the governor’s official remarks submitted to the Secretary of the Interior can be found at: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/GovPalinRemarks-SectSalazar_Apr14-2009.pdf

Photos from the event can be found at:

http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=271
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=273
http://gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=270

Video of the governor’s testimony:

[eyedigress]

Thank you, She sued the government for bogus restrictions against the state, made statements about Gore’s global warming, and created a sub-cabinet on the reality of it.

[what's up]

In my previous comment to you, I was talking about the direct quote containing the "mitigation" you were referencing. That one was from the AP, not Palin herself.

The first quote you mention here I have commented on several times already above...don't feel like doing it again.

I don't see what is objectionable about the second quote you cite. Palin has always said she is in favor of developing alternative energy.

[calex59]

This is what Sarah really said. It is on the official Alaska gov. website. Why do you guys believe what comes otu of the printers of AP and LA slimes?

News and Announcements spacerState of Alaska > Governor > News > News Details

Palin Testifies on Outer Continental Shelf before Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Print Now Printer Friendly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-83

Governor Palin Testifies on Outer Continental Shelf

April 14, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today testified before Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in a federal hearing in Anchorage, urging the Obama administration to stand by Salazar’s confirmation hearing statement favoring “wise, responsible use of conventional fuels,” such as the oil and gas resources found in abundance in the Outer Continental Shelf.

“Alaska has consistently supported oil and gas development in our OCS,” Governor Palin testified. “We have done so recognizing that certain areas should be exempted from leasing, or have seasonal drilling restrictions imposed to protect whale migrations.

We have done so because we recognize the significance OCS development will have on the nation’s and the state’s economic and energy future. We have done so because we know oil and gas development can occur appropriately, while protecting the environment, the species and the people impacted. We have proven this can be done.

“The fact that Alaska’s OCS potential to produce oil and gas is world-class is supported by the best peer reviewed scientific estimates. Alaska’s oil and gas resources can and should be a major part of the implementation of any creditable energy plan for our nation.

Alaska has proven that these resources can be developed safely, but Arctic exploration and development is a slow, demanding process.

Here she says restrictions, read that as eviro laws, are hurting, not helping. doesn't quite sound like the article, which doesn't give quotes as far as I can see,does it?

Delays or major restrictions in accessing these resources for environmentally responsible development are not in the national interest or the interests of the State of Alaska.”