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Environment News tagged with Polar bears

House Lawmakers Enter Fray Over Polar Bear Habitat
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, polar bears, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 3 days ago - nytimes.com
A group of House Republicans asked the Obama administration yesterday to consider oil and gas drilling in its habitat-protection plan for the polar bear.
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Protect Polar Bears and Safeguard Critical Polar Bear Habitat ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, polar bears, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 6 days ago - change.org
Tell Secretary Salazar to Protect Polar Bears and Safeguard Critical Polar Bear Habitat
23 comments
Canadian Government Opposes Stronger Protection for Polar Bears at CITES
Environment  (tags: canadian government, legal protection, polar bears, endangered, rejected, survival, environment, globalwarming )

Simone
- 9 days ago - hsicanada.ca
"Listing polar bears on Appendix I would end international commercial trade in polar bear parts, removing a needless pressure on a species already struggling for its survival," said Rebecca Aldworth, director of Humane Society International/Canada.
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Save the Polar Bear and Its Arctic Habitat ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, polar bears, arctic, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 17 days ago - change.org
Ask President Obama to protect the polar bear's critical habitat from global warming and oil drilling.
23 comments
Starving Polar Bears Turn to Cannibalism
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, polar bears, cannibalism, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 19 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
New pictures show that polar bears are beginning to cannibalise each other as global warming destroys its hunting grounds.
23 comments
Impacts of Climate Change on Arctic Wildlife and Ecosystems
Environment  (tags: News, world, arctic, Polar Bears, Wildlife, Ice melting )

On Vacati
- 29 days ago - ecoworldly.com
While changes in Earth ecosystems from predicted warming have been reported in nearly all biomes (biological communities), recent climate change seems to be impacting the Arctic region the most.
40 comments
The Polar Bear Is Still One Oil Spill Away From Disaster
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, polar bears, oil, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 40 days ago - newsblaze.com
Despite recent proposed critical habitat designation, The Obama administration's recent proposed designation of 200,000 square miles of Alaskan waters, sea ice and coastal area as critical habitat for the polar bear is encouraging news for a species
2 comments
Polar Bears Vs. Oil With Alaska in the Balance
Environment  (tags: drilling, oil, destruction, alaska, polar bears, habitat destruction, governor, wildlife )

Simone
- 41 days ago - thenewstribune.com
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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Protect the Arctic Refuge: America's Polar Bear Nursery ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic refuge, polar bears, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 42 days ago - change.org
Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of vital habitat and melting the sea ice they use for hunting and raising their cubs. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical
17 comments
Olympics Hope to Increase Knowledge About the Polar Bear
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, polar bears, Olympics )

Cher
- 43 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Whether you're of this viewpoint or not, you will be happy to know that the Olympics hopes to bring environmental benefits by increasing the world's knowledge about climate change in Northern areas of Canada and the impact upon the polar bear
23 comments
Give the Polar Bear a Fighting Chance ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, polar bears, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 51 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In May 2008, the Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In October 2009, as required by the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its proposal to designate
10 comments
White House Protects Polar Bears With Alaska 'Critical Habitat' Designation
Environment  (tags: animals, habitat, Alaska, polar bears, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 65 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The Obama administration bowed to environmental groups and added a layer of protection for polar bear today, setting aside 200,000 square miles of Alaskan coastline and waters as their "critical habitat".
23 comments
Save the Polar Bear
Environment  (tags: animals, GoodNews, endangered, wildlife, polar bears, Salazar )

Tierney
- 68 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Send the Obama Administration a big "Thank you" for endorsing an upgrade in international protection for polar bears.
38 comments
U.S. Seeks Tougher Protections for Polar Bear
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, protection, polar bears, wildlife, climate-change )

Cher
- 71 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears' fur and other parts.
36 comments
Arctic to Be Ice Free in Summer - Consequences for Polar Bears
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, ice-free, animals, polar bears, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature )

Cher
- 73 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence of thinning Arctic sea ice, supporting the emerging thinking that the Arctic Ocean will be largely ice-free in summer within a decade. The Catlin Arctic Survey provides
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