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Apr 22, 2008

From Center for Biological Diversity:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_friend_KEY=2733

Click here to sign the petition.


By June 30th, the federal government will make one of the most important decisions in conservation history. If it declares the polar bear to be an "endangered" species, the decision will set off an unprecedented worldwide discussion on global warming.

If the government refuses, desperately needed global action will again be delayed by U.S. stubbornness. Short-term corporate profits will continue to control political agendas and threaten life on earth. All of life on earth.

It will all happen -- or not -- by June 30th.

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