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Sierra Club: McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy
With the pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for his running mate, John McCain's race towards the Bush administration's failed energy policy is now complete.
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Sarah Palin: A Champion For Big Oil
Wonk Room — ... As Carl Pope of the Sierra Club says, “No one is closer to the oil industry than Governor Palin.” Sarah Palin has taken positions that would ensure a continuation of the Bush-Cheney energy policies. She supports drilling everywhere and ignores the need for binding reductions in global warming pollution even though her state is melting. The continuation of these policies will continue higher energy costs, more severe hurricanes and droughts, and despoiled natural treasures. ...

MoveOn Does Palin
Discourse.net — ... 4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October 27, 2006 http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8347904p-8243554c.html 5. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington Post, August 29, 2008 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/palin-buys-climate-denial_b_122428.html 6. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra Club, August 29, 2008 ...

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