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Alaska Will Sue to Block U.S. Listing of Polar Bears as 'Threatened'

Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, destruction, endangered, habitatdestruction, protection, suffering, wildlife )


- 62 days ago - foxnews.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday. She and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development
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Melva H. (33)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 6:57 am
This was to be expected. The GOP is dead set to sell the Arctic to the oil companies and the bears are in the way.
 

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Thursday May 22, 2008, 7:13 am
And the democrats would not? That dog won't hunt. ALL politicians are a failed gentic experiment.
 

Melva H. (33)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 7:40 am
This dog hunts very well in my corner of the World. Don't tell me Righties are trying to lump my brand of Dems (ones who have been tagged as 'tree- hugging, species-loving NUTS') in with you now!! Most of us will pass, thank you. Be careful with the paint brush!
 

Melva H. (33)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 8:48 am
Happy trails, nice peace-loving gentleman. Over and Out!
 

Judy Cross (36)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 11:09 am
Alaska has grounds for contesting the listing simply because Polar bears aren't threatened. Read below to see why.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Facts&C
 

charles m. (507)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 6:32 pm
noted .thanks art.
 

Parth Sarathi Mahapatra (14)
Thursday May 22, 2008, 6:35 pm
Thank u .Noted
 

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Thursday May 22, 2008, 8:09 pm
Not pseudo-science or paid manipulative stats from special interest gov't coats..just came in the mail.

POPULATION TREND: Most recently, worldwide polar bear abundance was estimated at 20,000 to 25,000 animals, a narrower count than the 20,000 to 40,000 bears estimated in 1981 . It is important to note that, according to the best available science, even stable or increasing polar bear populations are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/polar_bear/index.html
 

Bea B. (175)
Friday May 23, 2008, 12:33 am
They need to be protected from the oil companies GREED! Pasta
 

ALPHA W. (73)
Friday May 23, 2008, 4:53 am
NOTED! THANK YOU CHARLES AND ART!
 

ALPHA W. (73)
Friday May 23, 2008, 4:53 am
NOTED AND THANKS CHARLES!
 

Mary Owens (86)
Friday May 23, 2008, 8:58 am
Greed takes over again!!!!
 

Luigi Saracino (28)
Friday May 23, 2008, 3:08 pm
Noted. Thank you!
 

Beth O. (208)
Friday May 23, 2008, 6:33 pm
noted, thank you
 

CC C. (9)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 11:44 am
Money Trumps Common Sense
 

Melva H. (33)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 2:45 pm
Does anyone know what happened to the post calling me a nutcase and a 'spitting snake'? I was going to show it to a friend, who would have gotten a good laugh, and it was gone. It was the 4th post - in between the 2 posts of mine that are now next to each other. Since it is gone, my answering post to it makes no sense. Did someone flag it and Care2 took it down, or did it disappear some other way?? Not that it really matters; I just wanted a few friends to see it today.
 

Chrissy K. (30)
Sunday May 25, 2008, 2:33 pm
Sara Palin at her finest...first with the aerial hunting of wolves not with the polar bears....I hope she dies with some sort of horrible flesh-eating disease.

And for Judy who seems to think global warming is a hoax I have only one question for you.....ARE YOU SMOKING CRACK OR ARE JUST THAT NAIVE TO BUY INTO THE WHOLE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX???
 

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Tuesday May 27, 2008, 1:36 am
I would gladly repost the spitting snake..I doubt your friend would have laughed, it painted you out to be what you are
 

Jacolin S. (261)
Friday May 30, 2008, 11:32 am
Noted, thank you for posting Art & Charles for forwarding it !
 
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