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DOI Lists Polar Bear as Endangered, but Drilling to Go On

about.com
May 16, 2008
        

The U.S. Department of Interior has agreed with a recommendation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but stopped short of using the act to reduce Arctic oil drilling or otherwise limit greenhouse gas emissions. In...

                   

Polar bear

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May 16, 2008
        

The Issue: It will be listed as a threatened species. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne held true to the letter of the law in the Endangered Species Act and announced this week that the polar bear will be listed as a "threatened" species. But this good news for the bear is a potential regulatory...

                   

Hugh Hewitt: Polar Bear Pushback

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May 16, 2008
        

Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st? Yes, she'll fight like a junkyard dog Yes, but she'll gracefully fade away After 18 years of a law practice devoted to counseling landowners, home builders and commercial interests affected by the long arm and severe penalties of the...

                   

U.S. lists polar bear as threatened species

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May 16, 2008
        

Polar bear twin cubs are seen in Vienna's Schoenbrunn zoo March 4, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) "This listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting," Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said while announcing the decision Wednesday. The Endangered Species Act...

                   

Analysis: Polar bear's impact on people is felt

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May 16, 2008
        

Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Arctic bear facing extinction because of global warming is bringing home the consequences of cheap energy and - until recently - the need for little sacrifice. In listing the bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is...

                   
xinhuanet.com: The U.S. goverment declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. xinhuanet.com

U.S. lists polar bear as threatened species

xinhuanet.com
May 16, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhuanet) -- "This listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting," Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said while announcing the decision Wednesday. The Endangered Species Act should not be "abused to make global warming policies," he said....

                   

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A thin-ice way to save polar bears

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May 16, 2008
        

Lawsuits are not the best way to force the public into solving planet-size problems such as climate change. In most cases, political consensus - as Al Gore is trying to achieve - brings the most fitting solutions. But the environmentalists who sued on behalf of polar bears likely knew that and...

                   

Not just humans will benefit from election - roanoke.com

roanoke.com
May 16, 2008
        

Polar bears face a double threat: a habitat that is quickly melting and a U.S. government that refuses to address climate change.The Bush administration admitted Wednesday that global warming is causing the polar bear's habitat to melt at a rate that could jeopardize the species survival in a few...

US lists polar bears as threatened

thenews.com.pk
May 15, 2008
        

WASHINGTON: The US government on Wednesday listed polar bears as a threatened species owing to a drastic reduction in Arctic sea ice, but insisted the step did not mark a policy shift to attack global warming. The announcement by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne amounted to the government’s...

                   

A snowball fight on thin ice

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May 15, 2008
        

JONATHAN HAYWARD / AP A polar bear mother and two cubs looking threatened in the Arctic. Environmental interests and the Bush administration got caught up in a war of words as polar bears were declared a threatened species by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Suddenly, the best possible...