WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator John McCain just
announced his choice for running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To
follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of
Wildlife Action Fund.
"Senator McCain's choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By
choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the
Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.
"Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP, has repeatedly put special
interests first when it comes to the environment. In her scant two years as
governor, she has lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska's
coasts, and put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it
clear through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the
Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most
recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove
the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big Oil before
sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this actually puts her to
the right of the Bush administration.
"This is Senator McCain's first significant choice in building his
executive team and it's a bad one. It has to raise serious doubts in the
minds of voters about John McCain's commitment to conservation, to
addressing the impacts of global warming and to ensuring our country ends
its dependency on oil."
The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
(http://www.defendersactionfund.org) provides a powerful voice to Americans
who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue
advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and
lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those
that do them harm.
SOURCE Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
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Related links:
http://www.defenders.org/
CONTACT:
Robert Dewey of Defenders of Wildlife Action
Fund, +1-202-772- 0228
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