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Drill Baby, Drill

At the Republican National Convention, delegates nominated Senator John McCain to be their presidential candidate and promised to secure America’s future by tapping domestic oil sources.

If there was one environmental message that resounded often and loudly at the Republican National Convention it’s that drilling is the key to energy independence. Living on Earth host Steve Curwood talks with Washington correspondent Jeff Young from the convention floor in St. Paul, Minnesota, about whether presidential hopeful John McCain’s environmental views are changing and gravitating to those of his Republican base.