‘Global warming bad for the economy’ says Sarah Palin 

Despite stating that “climatologists tell us that the current rate of warming is unprecedented” in July of last year, then-Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin now states that global warming is, like gravity, a natural occurrence. While President Barack Obama attended the futile talks in Copenhagen to get developed nations to pay penalties for gas emissions, Palin stated that reducing emissions would result in job losses and economic costs.  

Palin, though, did some research to back up this theory by creating a subcabinet to look into global trading markets and renewable energies, including energy conservation and efficiency to come to this grand conclusion. Encouraging Obama to stay away from the Danish capital and avoid talks on global warming, the American politician gained slight backing from the population as American politicians do: by inflaming the mood rather than talking sense to the American people (seattlepi.com).  

This statement came amidst the final stages of her book tour, Going Rogue: An American Life which traces how an ordinary citizen and mother takes on high-stake national politics. The book followed Palin’s rapid rise to fame following her speech at the Republican National Convention which electrified the nation and made her one of the most recognisable women in the world.