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• Palin supports offshore drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. "We're talking about a sliver of the coastal
plain of Alaska being explored and drilled for oil. It's about a
footprint of a 2,000-acre plot of land. That's smaller than the
footprint of LAX." she also added that, "I get frustrated with
folks from outside Alaska who come up and say, 'You shouldn't
develop your resources.'" . She also said, "I beg to disagree
with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of
our problem or that more supply won't ultimately affect prices.
Of course it will affect prices."
• Concerning global warming Palin says that, "A changing
environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because
of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute (global
warming) to being man-made."
• Palin supports the idea of a natural gas pipeline from
Alaska's North Slope. "When I look every day, the big oil
company's building is right out there next to me, and it's quite
a reminder that we should have mutually beneficial relationships
with the oil industry."
• Sarah Palin opposes the idea of putting the polar bear in the
endangered species list. She even went on to the extent of suing
the Interior Department over its decision. Palin is also in favor
of allowing mining in Bristol Bay, which, according to
environmentalists, may disrupt the vulnerable species of animals
such as bears, salmon and caribou.
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• Obama said, "So we have a choice to make. We can remain one
of the world's leading importers of foreign oil, or we can make
the investments that would allow us to become the world's leading
exporter of renewable energy. We can let climate change continue
to go unchecked, or we can help stop it. We can let the jobs of
tomorrow be created abroad, or we can create those jobs right
here in America and lay the foundation for lasting
prosperity."
• Obama is working towards reducing the carbon pollution which
he sees as a threat to our climate and will perpetuate the
dependence on fossil fuels. Obama lists out his policies to close
the carbon loophole and imposing stringent measures on carbon
polluters.
• Obama believes that carbon pollution can be put at check
through a market based cap. This is not only an environmentally
friendly measure, but will address certain energy challenges too.
The income that is generated in the process of closing the
carbon loophole will be returned to the people, especially those
families, communities and business which are vulnerable.
• Obama also exhorted to save the future generations from a
catastrophe of global proportions by spelling out an energy plan
wherein the carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced.
• "We've been talking about climate change in Washington for
years and energy independence and efficiency for years," Obama
said. "But no matter how many scientists testified about
greenhouse gases, no matter how much evidence that they're
threatening our coasts and endangering our weather patterns,
nothing happened with global warming until now."
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