The U.S Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, government officials told The Associated Press.
he Interior Department limited its environmental review of oil industry plans for drilling in Arctic waters to veil plans for building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and establishing year-round tanker traffic, according to documents released by
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The Chukchi Sea is home to one of two U.S. polar bear populations, and scientists say global warming is causing serious melting of Arctic sea ice, the bear's primary habitat. The department proposed possibly listing the bear as threatened - triggering gre
Ice melting in the Arctic is forcing polar bears to go farther to hunt for food or forage inland, making many of them starve. In our last installment of the Plan B series, Janet Babin explores how scientists are combating their extinction.
The Bush administration has announced it will miss a legal deadline put in place to determine if polar bears should be listed under the Endangered Species Act, and critics are roaring in anger. Some say an oil contract is the real reason for the delay.
It's no secret that polar bears are in trouble. Global warming and habitat loss are driving these majestic animals to the brink of extinction.Yet even as the government's own scientists have acknowledged these threats, the Bush/Cheney Administration has
At a time when the polar bear's future is literally on thin ice, it's no time to add insult to injury by drilling their fragile Arctic habitat. But it could happen. Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort Seas -- also know as the Polar Bear Seas -- could be opened
It's no secret that polar bears are in trouble. Global warming and habitat loss are driving these majestic animals to the brink of extinction.
Yet even as the government's own scientists acknowledge these threats, the Bush/Cheney Administration has
In response to the Bush administration's announcement that it will not meet Wednesday's deadline to issue a final Endangered Species Act listing determination for the polar bear due to global warming,conservation groups announced their intent to go back>
Time is running out for Alaska's polar bears. According to government scientists, these magnificent animals could be extinct in less than 50 years - unless we act now to protect them and the Arctic ocean habitat they depend on for their survival
With polar bears facing possible extinction and so many other species threatened by global warming,we need decisive leadership in Washington.Fortunately, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Barbara Boxer have introduced the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act>>
Climate change blamed for decline of carnivores in some of their habitats. "Polar bears live almost entirely on a diet of seals, "To suggest that they can suddenly switch and find enough food eating berries or salmon or hunting down caribou is fanciful.
Speak out for permanent protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Urge Congress to support the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39) -- and permanent protection for vital polar bear habitat.
