The Guardian has revealed that Governor Palin’s effort to prevent the protection of polar bears was partially funded by oil giant ExxonMobil.
Ed Pilkington from The Guardian re-visits Sarah Palin’s campaign to stop the classification of polar bears as an endangered species:
“The Republican Sarah Palin and her officials in the Alaskan state government drew on the work of at least six scientists known to be sceptical about the dangers and causes of global warming, to back efforts to stop polar bears being protected as an endangered species, the Guardian can disclose. Some of the scientists were funded by the oil industry.”
Read the full story here.
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