In an interview for the September issue of the conservative magazine Newsmax, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she does not believe climate change is caused by human behavior.
A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made, Palin said in the interview, which was posted online Friday.
McCain by contrast, has broken with his partys dogma by supporting a mandatory program to cap carbon emissions.
Palins quote about global warming not being manmade is also at odds with the freshly approved Republican platform for 2008. That language, adopted by the party this week, marks the first time the Republican Partys policy document addresses climate change.
"The same human activity that has brought freedom and opportunity to billions has also increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere," the document reads. "Increased atmospheric carbon has a warming effect on the earth."
Palin and McCain disagree on another key environmental issue: drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Palins home state of Alaska. Palin is for it, while McCain wants to keep the refuge off-limits.
"It's nonsense not to tap a safe domestic source of oil. I think Americans need to hold Congress accountable on this one," Palin told Newsmax about drilling in ANWR.
Not man-made, Palin says
In an interview for the September issue of the conservative magazine Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin, now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, said she does not believe climate change is caused by human behavior.
Published: 30.08.2008 13:13
