Obama calls Alaska gas pipeline promising

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Alaska's proposed natural gas pipeline "promising" as a national energy resource and pledged to discuss it with Canadian leaders during his Feb. 19 trip to Ottawa.

"It's a project of great potential and something I'm very interested in," Obama said Wednesday during an interview in the White House with the Anchorage Daily News and 15 other regional newspapers.

"As I mentioned during the campaign, I actually think that for us to move forward on the natural gas pipeline as part of a comprehensive energy strategy -- that includes both more production as well as greater efficiency -- makes a lot of sense," Obama said.

"As it happens, Prime Minister Harper, as well as President Calderon of Mexico, have a great interest in energy. Obviously Canada is one of the biggest energy players in the world. They share an interest, not only the production side of the economic benefits, but I think they're also interested in a broader conversation about efficiency and how it relates to issues like climate change."

Gov. Sarah Palin wrote to Obama last week asking him to discuss the pipeline with Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he visits Canada next week during his first foreign trip as president.



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[Blaze Diem]

1. Palin influences Obama's policy..????!!!!

What is He Doing???
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I don't even like the suggestion of this article.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Paging Blue in AK...

could you find me the source of this article?

[bluestateguy]

3. Could Obama carry Alaska in 2012

Assuming no Palin on the other ticket, of course.

Takers?

[No Elephants]

13. Obama was polling well in Alaska in 2008, until McCain announced Palin

was his running mate.

[Soylent Brice]

4. ...

what?

[Winterblues]

5. Democrats in Congress have been pushing for this for over a Decade

Both Tom Daschel and Richard Gephardt spoke for this in the late ninties. It is a worthy project, just not convinced on the route. I am not convinced a route through Canada is the best way.

[Kolesar]

9. IIRC, the Sierra Club endorsed it

It best not be used as a heat source to extract "petroleum" in the "Alberta Tar Sands", though.

[biopowertoday]

6. I also think it should be part of a comprehensive energy policy.

[hamerfan]

7. Yes to the Gas Pipeline!

Add another vote here for the Gas Pipeline!
hamerfan

[NickB79]

8. Screw that. Go renewables or go home.

[Lorien]

12. Truly. Amazing how if Obama is for it, then the traditional commitment

to going green and clean gets flushed down the toilet by so many Democrats. Fossil fuels ARE NOT the answer!

[truebrit71]

10. Isn't this the one that Caribou Barbie took credit for as already being built?

...

[Optical.Catalyst]

11. Like a stopped clock, Palin can be right occasionally

She was in the right place at the right time to get credit for 'discovering' this deal with Canada.

President Obama should thank her for presenting this to the Federal Government, who will now take over the deal and run for the benefit of all the people of this country, and let her go back to killing wolves from airplanes.