Palin hometown a window into her environmentalism

[maddezmom]

Palin hometown a window into her environmentalism
By MATT APUZZO - Associated Press Writer
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Long before John McCain made Gov. Sarah Palin his running mate and before her views on global warming became a campaign issue, Palin's environmental priorities were crystallized in a city where she was mayor and where development long has trumped conservation.

Palin declared Wasilla "open for business," and business rushed in: Dozens of strip malls sprung up along the city's two glacial lakes.

The costs of such fast - and sometimes haphazard - growth can be seen even from Palin's lakefront home. Once-pristine Lake Lucille is plagued by high levels of phosphorous, which chokes off oxygen from the salmon and trout. Scientists put the blame on nearby development.

Palin refined her pro-business attitudes after becoming governor in 2006. Faced with choosing between development and the environment, she has sided more often than not with business interests:

-She helped kill a ballot initiative that would have blocked a massive new gold and copper mine from being built near the world's most productive wild salmon fishery.

-She challenged the listing of the polar bear and Cook Inlet beluga whale as endangered species. The listings might have threatened the state's oil and gas industry.

more:http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics/story/502450.html

[Hekate]

1. KnR. Important info on Palin's record. nt

[Skittles]

2. gee, she is a corporate whore

I am SO shocked

[hatrack]

3. Me too . . . I may never get over this!

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