John McCain raised the ire of Republicans by calling President Bush's stance on global warming "disgraceful." McCain's Vice Presidential pick seems to have the same opinion of Bush's environmental position, but from a decidedly different perspective.
As reported in yesterday's Washington Post, McCain's VP pick, Sarah Palin, is suing the Bush administration for being too environmentally friendly.
On Aug. 4, the state of Alaska filed a lawsuit opposing the polar bear's listing [as a threatened species], arguing that populations as a whole are stable and that melting sea ice does not pose an imminent threat to their survival. The suit says polar bears have survived warming periods in the past. The federal government has 60 days from the filing date to respond.
Sarah Palin is joined in her lawsuit by such environmental stewards as the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the National Mining Association.
Kassie Siegel, climate program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, told the Washington Post,
"The amazing thing about this litigation is that the governor of Alaska is so anti-environmental that she is suing the Bush administration over a claimed overabundance of protections for the polar bear."
Meanwhile, the National Snow and Ice Data Center is reporting that arctic ice is on melting at an alarming rate and on course for another all time low. The Telegraph reports that polar bears have been spotted trying to swim hundreds of miles in search of ice.
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