Is McCain rethinking his no-drilling position in ANWR?
A news account of a town hall meeting at Missouri State University on Thursday, local newspaper the News-Leader noted that McCain showed flexibility on the issue. For years, McCain has opposed drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But during the town hall meeting, McCain said he’d be willing to reconsider that stance. “I would be more than happy to examine it again,” McCain said. Asked later if he was really changing his position, McCain said he hasn’t changed his no-drilling position yet, but “people have said to me, ‘I’m going to bring you new information about ANWR, how environmentally we can make it safe.’ I’ll be glad to accept new information, but my position has not changed,” reports the Wall Street Journal. *** It’s the water, stupid. Reid Brewer, a marine biologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Advisory Program, has a sobering discussion of the effects of a warming climate on Alaska’s hydrology in The Cordova Times. Changes in precipita
