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Circus Election 2008: Republican Green

by The Green A-Team

Editors Note: Due to the timing of our production of this piece, Senator Sarah Palin of Alaska was not yet announced as McCain’s running mate thus excluding her from the audio.  To be thorough and fair, we believe her environmental record should be made public.  Click here for a full article on the matter.

Can you save the planet with your vote this November?

We’re taking a hard look at the candidates through the eco-microscope and leaving nothing to chance when it comes to this decision of global consequence.

Meet the Republican Presidential Candidate, John McCain:

He is a self-proclaimed federalist which means he believes the onus is on the individual states to decide if they want off shore oil rigs or put a cap on their carbon emissions.

Like his hero Theodore Roosevelt, McCain believes that “we are vested with a sacred duty to be proper stewards of the resources upon which the quality of American Life depends.”  He knows that history shows that poverty is a poor steward.

McCain also scores a 53% by the League of Conservation Voters, the political voice of the national environmental movement.  It’s a mixed record but he has supported a ban on commercial whaling and higher EPA standards.

Make the candidates work for your vote and click here for more on the McCain/Palin ballot.

Photo by Tom LeGro.

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McCain’s Red Flag to Green Critics

by The Green A-Team

Full Canberra Times article here.

Green Air Filter:

Without trying too hard to contribute to the brutal media pile-on-Senator-Palin, we’ve gone outside the American media slug fest for a piece from our friends down under to get an outside perspective on this Presidential race.  It’s clear from Roslyn Beeby’s article that the 9,463 miles between our two countries hasn’t deadened the shock of McCain’s precarious VP selection.

As Senator of Alaska, home to one of the world’s most delicate ecosystems, you’d think the elected Senator of that state would be all over environmental issues like spilled oil on an albatross.  Sadly, however, Senator Sarah Palin’s environmental record is as sullied as the wildlife she allowed to be abused.  With some flip flopping and fancy foot work, the VP candidate is doing her darndest to clean up the long trail of ineffectual environmental policy making to seem more marketable as McCain’s sidekick.

Photo by OregonianPhoto.

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