Subject: [big campaign] McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:13:21 -0400
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For Immediate Release:
August 29th, 2008

Contact: David Willett, 202-675-6698

           McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy

Washington, DC: Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope issues the
following statement in reaction to Senator McCain's pick of Governor Sarah
Palin for Vice President:

"With the pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for his running mate, John
McCain's race towards the Bush administration's failed energy policy is now
complete."

"John McCain was once willing to stand up to his own party, but now that he
is running for President, he supports the same Bush policies and powerful
special interests that put us in the grip of the oil companies. One of the
last remaining independent policies putting him at odds with Bush was his
opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, yet he has
now picked a running mate who has opposed holding Big Oil accountable and
been dismissive of alternative energy while focusing her work on more oil
drilling in a wildlife refuge and off of our coasts."

"Palin herself told Roll Call earlier this week, 'When I look every day,
the big oil company's building is right out there next to me, and it's
quite a reminder that we should have mutually beneficial relationships with
the oil industry.'"  (Roll Call, 8/25/08)

"No one is closer to the the oil industry than Governo Palin.  Along with
her support for drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge and off our coasts,
she also opposes a windfall profit tax on the richest oil companies. Under
her leadership, Alaska has sued the federal governent for considering
listing the Polar Bear as a threatened species even though global warming
threatens its very existence. She has been dismissive of alternative
energy, saying "alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and
would require more than 10 years to develop" (The Post and Courier
Charleston, SC, 8/16/08), when in reality it is the oil she would like to
drill that would take a decade to bring to market."

"Senator McCain has lost any chance of having a balanced or moderate ticket
with this choice and has instead opted for the same, business-as-usual
reliance on the outdated oil companies that has been the hallmark of the
Bush-Cheney administration. On the third anniversay of the hurricane that
knocked loose oil rigs and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf
Coast that is bracing for another hit, McCain is sending a terribly
indifferent message by selecting a candidate who only repeats Big Oil's
talking points."

"Senators Obama and Biden share the common goals of putting America back to
work by building a balanced clean energy economy, taking on Big Oil and
meeting the challenge of global warming. Under their leadership, our
economy can become stronger, and our world cleaner and safer."

Paid for by the Sierra Club Political Committee,
http://www.sierraclub.org/, and not authorized by any candidate or
candidate's committee.

David Willett
National Press Secretary
Sierra Club
(202) 675-6698 (w)
(202) 491-6919 (m)
[email-masked]
www.sierraclub.org

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