Sarah Palin: " We can responsibly and safely develop our natural resourses"

Sarah Palin addressing the audience during a Lincoln Day Dinner hosted by Fairbanks Republican Women, on February 14, 2009:

“We’ve got to let the federal government know we can responsibly and safely develop our natural resources.”

Anchorage Daily News, February 19, 2009:

An unknown amount of oil, natural gas and water spilled from a Prudhoe Bay pipeline this week in an incident under investigation by state regulators.

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Prudhoe Bay, the state's biggest oil field, has had a series of spills in recent years that have led to heightened oversight by state and federal regulators of operations there.

BP runs the field on behalf of itself, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips and Chevron.

From a comment on the above report:

"There are few regulations, fewer regulators, and almost no enforcement up there. These spills aren't inevitable, they're a result of industry cutting corners to boost their profits".

Let's hear Sarah Palin again:

“We’ve got to let the federal government know we can responsibly and safely develop our natural resources.”

Yeah, right!

Full report: ADN
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