http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us...rssnyt&emc=rss
Palin opposed the bill forcing the mining companies to contain and take their wastes elsewhere. Opposing it meant they can just dump the waste water from the drilling into the rivers.
"What people are doing is fighting as Alaskans hardly have before. While experts say the mine could yield more than $300 billion in metals and hundreds of jobs for struggling rural Alaska, unearthing the metals could mean releasing chemicals that are toxic to the salmon that are central to a fishing industry worth at least $300 million each year. And while the metals are a finite discovery, the fish have replenished themselves for millenniums."
5500 jobs at the pebble mine vs over 12,000 fishing.
$300 billion TOTAL from the mine vs $300 million a YEAR from fishing
Whats more secure and worth it?
http://www.feltsoulmedia.com/RedGold_Trailer.mov
Buckman, iceroad truckers happens in Canada, they actually do a very good job of protecting the environment from the rigs.
The reality is even though she voted No on 4, as soon as it gets to court and the EPA shows up they'll come down on the bill like the fist of an angry god, but you still can't help thinking if she's related to comm fishermen, what the hell is she doing? Pandering to the haves while screwing the fishermen? That wouldn't be much of a surprise. Glad we have Kennedy and Frank here in MA.