ALASKA’S beluga whales should be keeping their flippers crossed that Sarah Palin won’t make it to the White House. This week, the US government added beluga whales in the Cook Inlet in Alaska to the endangered species list, despite Palin’s efforts as state governor to prevent protection for this population being boosted.
Earlier this year, Palin expressed outrage at a decision to put the polar bear on the endangered list, and Alaska unsuccessfully sued for the potential loss of revenue from oil and gas development. She also claimed there was not enough evidence to classify the Cook Inlet beluga whale…
