Ted "Series Of Tubes" Stevens Concerned About Warming - May Block Gas Pipeline Construction - ADN

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Stevens is "not opposed to reducing carbon emissions," his spokesman, Aaron Saunders said. The senator's work to increase fuel efficiency standards for cars "will do more to reduce emissions than any other bill ever signed into law," Saunders added.

But Stevens also is worried about a short analysis by the state Department of Transportation, which has circulated an e-mail to the state's congressional delegation suggesting that the global warming bill threatens the construction of the natural gas pipeline. The DOT memo suggests that it will be difficult to scale back overall emissions in Alaska during construction of the pipeline, threatening approval of the project.

The senator is "seriously concerned about how this legislation would impact resource development and the gas pipeline," Saunders said.

President Bush has suggested he will veto the global warming legislation if it gets to a vote this year. This week's debate is widely seen as a dress rehearsal for 2009, when the new occupant of the White House is expected to be friendlier to climate change legislation as well as set a more aggressive agenda to reduce carbon emissions.

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[Javaman]

1. Ted is shitting. He's not going to be reelected. Thank god and now

he's pandering to anyone to help him keep his crooked seat.