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Palin's hometown a window onto environment stance
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Charleston Gazette
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October 20, 2008
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WASILLA, Alaska - Long before John McCain made Gov. Sarah Palin
his running mate and before her views on global warming became a
campaign issue, Palin's environmental priorities were crystallized
in a city where she was mayor and where development long has trumped
conservation.
Palin declared Wasilla "open for business," and business rushed
in: Dozens of strip malls sprung up along the city's two glacial
lakes.
The costs of such fast - and sometimes haphazard - growth can be
seen from Palin's lakefront home. Once-pristine Lake Lucille is
plagued by high levels of phosphorous, which chokes off oxygen from
the salmon and trout. Scientists put the blame on nearby
development.
Palin refined her ...