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Oil-loving Alaska governor fights polar bear's new endangered status



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Alaska's Republican state governor, Sarah Palin, has announced plans to fight the Bush administration on its decision to place polar bears on the endangered species list. Palin is challenging conservation and environmental data, and sights concerns that the Endangered Species Act ruling will hinder oil exploration in the state.

As we previously reported (see story), the polar bear's addition to the endangered species list had repeatedly been delayed, allowing an oil rights sale, which generated bids totaling nearly $3.4 billion, to proceed in an area that is home to 20% of the world's polar bear population. There are less than 25,000 polar bears in total, and that number is expected to decline by 60% over the next 50 years as the creature's habitat literally melts away.

Palin was the first woman to hold office in Alaska, and was also the youngest governor ever to be sworn in. She likes snowmobiling and moose burgers, and was an athlete and a beauty queen prior to taking up politics. Obviously she didn't win her Miss Wasilla 1984 pageant title by promising to "help children and animals."

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7 responses // Oil-loving Alaska governor fights polar bear's new endangered status

  • I just wrote a long letter to Governor Palin imploring her to not be so obtuse and short-sighted on her State's energy future. I'm frankly so fed up with the ineptitude of leadership in this country. I'm nearly ready to cash in and move to Scandinavia.
    benjaminV
  • I wish I could run my vehicle off of politicians.......they would probably screw the engine up.......wake up....leave the oil in the ground...........Golden Ruler....facing extinction.........Johnnie Hargrave
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  • Way to go Governor, protect that oil!

    Who needs to preserve the natural beauty of the great state of Alaska when we can make a pretty penny.

    I have a friend who was born and raised in Alaska and she informed me that (obviously) the oil industry is king, and putting the polar bear on the endangered species list would make it tougher for that industry to expand, but that is not a substantial excuse to prevent their placement on the endangered species list.

    The governor's protection of the oil industry is sad, but predictable.
    chilipeppers675
  • Thanks for bringing this to my attention AndreaKnoll, it is way past time for the shift in the way we all view the earth and her creatures to occur. SOOOO sick of OIL and gas and greedy $$$$$....wastefulnessssss
    HellaDelicious
  • what a silly b%*h!
    JRM
    • JRM
    • 3 months ago
  • WHY is she fighting this...?! She needs to wake up. I was extremely surprised to read this article. A person fighting something like this is getting a kickback somewhere else. What on earth is she gaining?
    alexhansen
  • You liberals need to grow a brain! Canada still hunts polar bears. Why, beacause they are plentiful and a nuisance up in their part of the world. I live in Alaska and the majority of Alaskans want ANWR drilled and all that oil can go down our existing pipeline at Prudhoe Bay. The polar bears will do just fine and I'll bet you liberals didn't know the caribou herd near Prudhoe Bay has grown fivefold since 1970! Sorry to burst your bubble, but America needs more oil from America (so we don't give to your friends in the Middle East) and eventually even us Alaskans can be as green as Nancy Pelosi.
    Stuski

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