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Polar Bears on the Endangered Species List
The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion... [more]
The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion about the proposal in the blog, or learn about the implications of adding Polar Bears to the list.
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Have extreme environmentalists "politicizing" the Polar Bear?
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Yes, but it's smart for environmentalists to get more press attention on important issues
Yes, but it's smart for environmentalists to get more press attention on important issues
In the following video, Gary Busey proposes an excellent idea for a startup: create a hair line for grizzlies and black bears so they'll be protected from hunters.
Polar bears are some of the most high-profile victims of global warming. They’re irresistibly cute, and author Richard Ellis says they’ll disappear from the wild within a hundred years as irreversible warming destroys the polar ice caps. Ellis talks to host Guy Raz about his new book, On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear.
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I know PETA is trying to keep animals out of captivity but arent the polar bears like endangered? Wouldnt this be a plus for polar bears? Giving them a better opportunity to reproduce without falling through thin ice. I dont know maybe im just crazy. TLC-BobTheBuilder
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From gizmodo.com
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Officials at the St. Louis Zoo are preparing for their holiday Wild Lights exhibit by installing electronic polar bear proxies in place of the deceased polar bears who died in their captivity. The gesture is rife with social commentary, given the fact that polar bears have become the iconic images of climate change, and our [...]
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- Polar bears fall from sky in shock ad (guardian.co.uk)
- Polar bear habitat eyed (spokesmanreview.com)
- Polar Bear Habitat Proposed for Alaska (lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu)
has the Mother advertising agency NO MORALS? I don't mean the fact of using polar bears falling to the ground with the background noise of a commercial jet, like was heard on 9-11. I don't mean the fact of using 9-11 FALLING MAN imagery. I don't even mean the fact of the gratuitous BLOOD AND GORE as the polar bears slam uncensored into our daily lives, much like the planes on 9-11 slammed into the World Trade Centre to usher in New World Order...
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From mikephilbin.blogspot.com
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First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what?
The zoo's last polar bear was euthanized after zookeepers discovered that she had cancer. The polar bear before her died after wolfing down too much plastic and cloth, and the one before her died from an infection. So...
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From fastcompany.com
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This is what happens when your state economy is a one trick pony based on oil. Too bad the Republicans haven't weened themselves from oil and developed other parts of the economy. They're completely lacking in creativity but of course, it could also be their inability to see beyond petro-dollars from lobbyists. Because they're so limited, now they're ready to trounce over the environment to pay for their own failures.Alaska Gov. Sean...
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Over 200,000 square miles (520,000 sq km) of Alaskan territory could be designated ‘critical habitat’ for polar bears, under new proposals from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This is the largest area ever proposed for such a designation by the FWS
If the land is designated as critical habitat any “destruction or adverse modification” of it will be prohibited under the Endangered Species Act. This would apply to oil and gas exploration...
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- Hugh Hewitt: The Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat and Polar Bears (rss.townhall.com)
- Will The Designation Of Polar Bear Critical Habitat Grow More Ice? (mainehuntingtoday.com)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn’t intend to let the federal government’s expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state’s continued prosperity.
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From reformer.com
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The Interior Department set aside 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off shore today on Thursdayto protect the threatened polar bear. The critical habitat designation is a requirement under the Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups are calling the proposal an
important step for protecting polar bears. But are concerned the federal government is still allowing [...]
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From aprn.org
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Last week, the New York Times chortled that Gov. Parnell is continuing former Gov. Palin’s efforts to remove polar bears from the “endangered” species list, after they were illegally put there in 2008 by an overzealous and undersmart Federal ...
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