A climate change we can disbelieve in | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

Michael Black, co-chair of the [Alaska Climate Change] subcabinet and deputy commissioner for Alaska's commerce department, said Palin's personal views have not influenced the activities of the subcabinet. "I never heard her address that issue in front of any of these gatherings," he said. "Whether [climate change] is related to carbon emissions or a natural phenomenon is less relevant than what its impacts are."

But if you're thinking of spending $45 trillion based on the notion that catastrophic global warming is driven by human greenhouse gas emissions, I think the question is actually quite relevant.