Sen. Murkowski is trying to prevent the EPA from regulating pollutants.
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office sent out a press release yesterday, lauding the opening of a Climate Science Center at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Murkowski called Alaska, “ground zero for climate change and natural choice,” for the center. She continued by saying she hopes it will, “add some much needed rigor to the field of climate science while expanding upon the already substantial advances in climate science made by the University system.”
With regards to her first statement, the Alaskan senator is right on the money. Few places in the United States have seen the effects of climate change like Alaska has, with melting coastlines and rising sea levels. The effects certainly have made it much more difficult for Sarah Palin to see Russia from her back porch.
A climate science center at the Anchorage university makes perfect sense for the reasons Murkowski mentioned, mostly that so much data exists within the state.
However, if Murkowski has her way with her Dirty Air Act, that center might have to be moved inland as the university sits near the water on an inlet of the Gulf of Alaska. Instead of allowing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases causing climate change, Murkowski wants to prevent that action. She wants to make this move without first passing any sort of comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation that would cap carbon.
In addition, as far as the legislation goes, Murkowski has said her vote would only come with drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, something that was rejected even by a pro-drilling Congress.
So, while we’re hoping this statement is more than political and that Murkowski actually believes climate change exists, we’re skeptical. With one side of her mouth she praises scientists, while with the other side she denies scientific findings.
Feels like we just don’t know who you are anymore, Lisa, except that you’re well-funded by Big Oil and utilities.
[...] Lisa Murkowski called Alaska, “ground zero for climate change,” in lauding the opening of a climate science center in her home state. Yes, this is the same Lisa Murkowski who’s denied climate change in her [...]