SUE, SARAH, SUE
New York Post
May 27, 2008
The polar bears are doing just fine, thank you very much.
So says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who announced last week that her state would sue to block Washington from listing the animals as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
And it's a good thing, too - because the new bear-population protections mask what may be the most serious threat to American economic might in decades.
Yes, polar bears.
The polar bear, you see, marks the first species on the "threatened" list whose supposed predicament is linked directly to global warming.
The current Alaskan polar-bear population may be near an all-time high.
But Interior Department computer models - such as they are - project widespread melting of the polar ice the bears need to hunt.
And that's a big problem, given the near-limitless powers embedded in the Endangered Species Act...
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SUE, SARAH, SUE
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she's pregnant with 5th child and is due sometime in May
March 6th, 2008
International Herald Tribune
JUNEAU, Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband are expecting their fifth child in May, she announced Wednesday.
Palin, 44, who just two months ago was modeling for the fashion magazine Vogue, doesn't look seven months pregnant.
"I will be delivering an addition to the first family," Palin told a stunned group of reporters.
The Republican governor, now in her second year as Alaska's chief executive, said she does not believe the pregnancy will affect her ability to run the state. Palin has been mentioned as a potential running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she's pregnant with 5th child and is due sometime in May
International Herald Tribune
JUNEAU, Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband are expecting their fifth child in May, she announced Wednesday.
Palin, 44, who just two months ago was modeling for the fashion magazine Vogue, doesn't look seven months pregnant.
"I will be delivering an addition to the first family," Palin told a stunned group of reporters.
The Republican governor, now in her second year as Alaska's chief executive, said she does not believe the pregnancy will affect her ability to run the state. Palin has been mentioned as a potential running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she's pregnant with 5th child and is due sometime in May
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Polar bear needs protection
Polar bear needs protection
January 9, 2008
KASSIE SIEGEL Seattle P.I.
Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin, a persistent advocate of increased oil and gas drilling, doesn't want the polar bear protected under the Endangered Species Act. Her position is not surprising: There is a clear conflict between saving polar bears and continuing to massively pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. We can't do both.
What is surprising is Palin's attempt to cloak her position in science. She would have us believe that polar bears are thriving, with the southern Beaufort Sea population off Alaska's North Slope being stable for 20 years. Also, that the melting of the Arctic due to global warming is not foreseeable.
The international Polar Bear Specialist Group -- the pre-eminent scientific body on polar bear science -- has determined that the southern Beaufort Sea population is declining. Bears are drowning, starving and even resorting to cannibalism as their sea ice habitat rapidly melts away. Without sea ice, they are unable to hunt ice seals that make up the bulk of their diet. As the sea ice declines, fewer cubs survive, and those that do are smaller.
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Polar bear needs protection
January 9, 2008
KASSIE SIEGEL Seattle P.I.
Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin, a persistent advocate of increased oil and gas drilling, doesn't want the polar bear protected under the Endangered Species Act. Her position is not surprising: There is a clear conflict between saving polar bears and continuing to massively pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. We can't do both.
What is surprising is Palin's attempt to cloak her position in science. She would have us believe that polar bears are thriving, with the southern Beaufort Sea population off Alaska's North Slope being stable for 20 years. Also, that the melting of the Arctic due to global warming is not foreseeable.
The international Polar Bear Specialist Group -- the pre-eminent scientific body on polar bear science -- has determined that the southern Beaufort Sea population is declining. Bears are drowning, starving and even resorting to cannibalism as their sea ice habitat rapidly melts away. Without sea ice, they are unable to hunt ice seals that make up the bulk of their diet. As the sea ice declines, fewer cubs survive, and those that do are smaller.
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Polar bear needs protection
As the Ice Melts, Can the Polar Bears Survive?
As the Ice Melts, Can the Polar Bears Survive?
January 9, 2008
New York Times
We must recognize the shortsighted nature of Governor Palin’s appeal not to list the polar bear as endangered. While Alaska is increasingly devastated by global warming — melting glaciers, permafrost and sea ice, as well as the severe impacts on wildlife, ecosystems and people — she seems to be working not to protect the polar bear or ultimately the citizens of her state, but to make sure nothing gets in the way of energy company plans for expansion...
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As the Ice Melts, Can the Polar Bears Survive?
January 9, 2008
New York Times
We must recognize the shortsighted nature of Governor Palin’s appeal not to list the polar bear as endangered. While Alaska is increasingly devastated by global warming — melting glaciers, permafrost and sea ice, as well as the severe impacts on wildlife, ecosystems and people — she seems to be working not to protect the polar bear or ultimately the citizens of her state, but to make sure nothing gets in the way of energy company plans for expansion...
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As the Ice Melts, Can the Polar Bears Survive?
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Palin accused of McCarthyism
Palin accused of McCarthyism
by Bill McAllister
KTUU.com
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- One lawmaker said Gov. Sara Palin is unfairly using the guilty verdict in the Kott case and the indictments of other former lawmakers to win public support for her plan on oil taxes.
Fairbanks Rep. Jay Ramras said he voted for Sarah Palin last year, and he notes that he was a big supporter of her Alaska Gas Line Inducement Act.
Ramras now has a harsh word for what the governor has been up to lately: McCarthyism.
Ramras was co-chair of the House Resources Committee in 2006, when the Petroleum Profits Tax was proposed by then Gov. Frank Murkowski.
Ramras supported the 20 percent tax rate Murkowski negotiated with North Slope producers.
Some of Ramras' colleagues from last year have been accused of, and in one case convicted for bribery involving that tax rate.
Ramras said that's something Palin is exploiting as she pushes for a higher tax rate in the special legislative session that starts October 18.
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Palin accused of McCarthyism
by Bill McAllister
KTUU.com
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- One lawmaker said Gov. Sara Palin is unfairly using the guilty verdict in the Kott case and the indictments of other former lawmakers to win public support for her plan on oil taxes.
Fairbanks Rep. Jay Ramras said he voted for Sarah Palin last year, and he notes that he was a big supporter of her Alaska Gas Line Inducement Act.
Ramras now has a harsh word for what the governor has been up to lately: McCarthyism.
Ramras was co-chair of the House Resources Committee in 2006, when the Petroleum Profits Tax was proposed by then Gov. Frank Murkowski.
Ramras supported the 20 percent tax rate Murkowski negotiated with North Slope producers.
Some of Ramras' colleagues from last year have been accused of, and in one case convicted for bribery involving that tax rate.
Ramras said that's something Palin is exploiting as she pushes for a higher tax rate in the special legislative session that starts October 18.
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Palin accused of McCarthyism
Sunday, June 3, 2007
With or without 'bridge to nowhere,' Gravina highway is a go
With or without 'bridge to nowhere,' Gravina highway is a go
By Melissa Campbell
Alaska Journal of Commerce
June 3, 2007
Ketchikan's airport ferry docks in the Southeast city. A much maligned bridge to Gravina Island and the airport won't be a reality any time soon, but a road will be built as part of the original funding package that included the bridge.
The state Department of Transportation has awarded a $25.7 million contract to build a highway on Gravina Island. The 3.2-mile road is being funded as part of a $48 million earmark that survived after a larger federal earmark was pulled from federal legislation for the Gravina Island Bridge.
Gov. Sarah Palin should give the money back, said Lois Epstein, of the Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, a nonprofit group.
"My proposal to the Palin administration would be that it's a good idea to return this money. It would be a responsible, ethical step for the administration to take,” Epstein said. “She should send a message there is a new regime in Alaska, a new administration. In a very public way, she should say, ?We've had projects that had not been of good use and are looking at them, but we are responsible now."
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With or without 'bridge to nowhere,' Gravina highway is a go
By Melissa Campbell
Alaska Journal of Commerce
June 3, 2007
Ketchikan's airport ferry docks in the Southeast city. A much maligned bridge to Gravina Island and the airport won't be a reality any time soon, but a road will be built as part of the original funding package that included the bridge.
The state Department of Transportation has awarded a $25.7 million contract to build a highway on Gravina Island. The 3.2-mile road is being funded as part of a $48 million earmark that survived after a larger federal earmark was pulled from federal legislation for the Gravina Island Bridge.
Gov. Sarah Palin should give the money back, said Lois Epstein, of the Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, a nonprofit group.
"My proposal to the Palin administration would be that it's a good idea to return this money. It would be a responsible, ethical step for the administration to take,” Epstein said. “She should send a message there is a new regime in Alaska, a new administration. In a very public way, she should say, ?We've had projects that had not been of good use and are looking at them, but we are responsible now."
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With or without 'bridge to nowhere,' Gravina highway is a go
Monday, March 12, 2007
State wants helicopters to rescue wolf-kill program
State wants helicopters to rescue wolf-kill program
By ALEX deMARBAN
Anchorage Daily News
March 12, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- With the state's wolf-kill program severely behind schedule - costly fuel and uncooperative weather have grounded many volunteer pilots and gunners - game managers want state helicopters to come to the rescue.
They need a decision from Gov. Sarah Palin to make it happen.
State biologists wanted at least 382 wolves killed before the snow melts. Snow allows pilots to track them.
But gunners have killed only 38 wolves so far this winter, said Matt Robus, wildlife conservation director.
March, with long daylight hours and ample snowfall, has proven to be one of the better killing months. But the clock is ticking, Board of Game members say. And if the state doesn't meet its goal, the four-year program could be set back.
The controversial program - mostly in Southcentral and the Interior - is designed to help hunters by killing the wolves that eat moose.
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State wants helicopters to rescue wolf-kill program
By ALEX deMARBAN
Anchorage Daily News
March 12, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- With the state's wolf-kill program severely behind schedule - costly fuel and uncooperative weather have grounded many volunteer pilots and gunners - game managers want state helicopters to come to the rescue.
They need a decision from Gov. Sarah Palin to make it happen.
State biologists wanted at least 382 wolves killed before the snow melts. Snow allows pilots to track them.
But gunners have killed only 38 wolves so far this winter, said Matt Robus, wildlife conservation director.
March, with long daylight hours and ample snowfall, has proven to be one of the better killing months. But the clock is ticking, Board of Game members say. And if the state doesn't meet its goal, the four-year program could be set back.
The controversial program - mostly in Southcentral and the Interior - is designed to help hunters by killing the wolves that eat moose.
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State wants helicopters to rescue wolf-kill program
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