Palin's Pipe Dream

A CQ Politics investigation separates the rhetoric from reality on the much touted Alaskan gas pipeline.

In Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin ’s work on a new natural gas pipeline is as big a part of her resume as any other single issue.

Now she is using it to shape her persona as Sen. John McCain ’s vice-presidential candidate. She has cited her work on the pipeline as evidence of her ability to stand up to big oil companies, promote energy independence and just generally get things done...

That all sounds quite impressive. But it’s not true that Palin got an agreement to build the pipeline, as we explain here. Nor does the evidence support the claim that it would cost $40-billion and be the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history, as we explain here.

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