Palin on ANWR

[Stephen Eisel]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=836304396

[Brad Hutchison]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=836304396

It's interesting that she talks about Alaska's sustainable energy sources, like wind, at the end of that video. She vetoed wind and clean coal plans as governor. Of course, her husband works for BP, and oil and gas revenues compose 85% of Alaska's budget...

[Stephen Eisel]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=836304396

It's interesting that she talks about Alaska's sustainable energy sources, like wind, at the end of that video. She vetoed wind and clean coal plans as governor. Of course, her husband works for BP, and oil and gas revenues compose 85% of Alaska's budget...

HB 152 was signed by Palin

http://www.akcenter.org/juneau-watchdog ... priorities

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories ... 6847.shtml

Brad, was there another bill that I missed?

[Stephen Eisel]

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news-55671.html

[Stephen Eisel]

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/29/12116/9473

[Brad Hutchison]

No, I think you're right Stephen. As far as I can tell, she had vetoed this same bill previously, but has recently signed it.

I have seen this in several articles about her:

"Last year, Palin made deep cuts in Alaska's budget that affected many local projects, among them several renewable-energy initiatives. Palin's reasoning was to put a cap on cuts, but she vetoed money for a 50-megawatt Fire Island wind project, as well as funds for the Healy Clean Coal Project, a 50-megawatt new-technology coal power plant, according to the Alaska Journal of Commerce."