Alaska -- It's time for a new Senator

Sen. Ted Stevens has voted for billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil companies. The senator, who threatened to resign if Congress failed to spend $453 million on the "Bridge to Nowhere," has refused to vote to take advantage of the state's vast new energy sources, including renewable energy sources like wind. Beginning in 1981, when he opposed a modest $41 million for investment in solar energy, Sen. Stevens opposed or helped to block almost every attempt to increase funding for renewable energy.

Though the effects of global warming are apparent to Alaskans every day, has consistently voiced skepticism about global warming. Last September, he said "We're at the end of a long, long term of warming. 700 to 900 years of increased temperature, a very slow increase. We think we're close to the end of that." This bizarre view not only ignores the danger to every other coastal community in Alaska and elsewhere in America, but also ignores scientific consensus that climate change demands long-term solutions.

It's time for a new generation of leadership. It's time for a new Alaska senator.

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[axe863]

yup congrats ...the dems got uncontrolled power

[stopglobalwarming08]

yup you folks need a NEW SENATOR :)