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Polar Bear Habitat to be Protected

A vast swath of icy sea, barrier islands and coastal land on Alaska's oil-rich North... more

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Forget about healthcare, we have to save us some Polar Bears!

New reports complied by the UK-based Catlin Arctic Survey and the World Wildlife Fund... more

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Arctic to be ice free in summer – Consequences for polar bears

October 2009. New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further... more

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Al Gore And Phelim McAleer Spar Over Global Warming: Climate Change Denier Challenges Gore (VIDEO)

On Friday at The Society Of Environmental Journalists conference, Al Gore got caught... more

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Baby polar bear pictured riding piggy back

A British tourist took a photo of something that had been heard of but rarely seen.... more

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Polar Bear Love: Knut's First Date Starts with a Whack to the Face

Berlin's star polar bear Knut met another polar bear for the first time on Tuesday.... more

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For Your Children

A music video created to raise awareness about global warming. Please watch, get... more

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ROCKSTAREARTH.com

This is my website!!! :D It's non-profit and teaches the basics of global warming!!!... more

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Unusual trips and unique accommodations: Trip on a Deal Ep. 8

http://wwwtriponadeal.com: We scour the NY Travel Show for some of the most bizarre... more

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Polar Bear Beats The Heat With An Icy Treat

A male polar bear Yukio tries to eat vegetables inside a block of ice presented to... more

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Endangered Polar Bears Info..

facts don't change many people's minds, but here's some background on one photo....... more

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Polar Bearzzz

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Polar Bears in London!

The folks at Eden TV, a new UK-based natural history television network, celebrated... more

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Obama Agrees with Bush on Polar Bears

Polar bears have become the universal symbol of global warming, not so much because... more

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Obama administration to keep the limited Bush-era rule protecting polar bears

The Obama administration will retain a Bush-era rule for polar bears, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday, in a move that angered activists who noted the rule limits what can be done to protect the species from global warming.

The administration had faced a weekend deadline to decide whether it should allow government agencies to cite the federal Endangered Species Act, which protects the bear, to impose limits on greenhouse gases from power plants, factories and automobiles even if the emissions occur thousands of miles from where the polar bear lives.

"We must do all we can to help the polar bear recover, recognizing that the greatest threat to the polar bear is the melting of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change," Salazar said in a statement. "However, the Endangered Species Act is not the proper mechanism for controlling our nation’s carbon emissions.

"Instead, we need a comprehensive energy and climate strategy that curbs climate change and its impacts – including the loss of sea ice," he added. "Both President Obama and I are committed to achieving that goal."

The species law that affords protection for plants, animals and fish that face possible extinction became entangled with the need to reduce pollution linked to global warming more than a year ago. The Interior Department during the Bush administration declared the polar bear a threatened species, citing the decline of Arctic sea ice due to global warming.

Fearful that the declaration putting the bear under the federal species law might be used to force regulation of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels, the Bush administration issued a special rule: No action outside of the bear's Arctic habitat could be considered as endangering its survival.

The limitation, hailed by business groups, prompted lawsuits from environmentalists and action by Congress.

In March, federal lawmakers authorized Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to rescind the Bush administration's special rule, thus avoiding any complicated and time-consuming regulatory procedures. The deadline for such action is Saturday, 60 days after Congress acted...The Obama administration will retain a Bush-era rule for polar bears, Interior... more

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Obama keeps Bush polar bear rules

Disappointing Obama Administration Policies The US government has opted to retain... more

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You Can Think Polar Bears are Cute. Or Threatened. But Not Both.

Oh snap. Wildlife Promise writes... "While we're waiting on a decision from the... more

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The Creators of "earth"

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Save the Act to Save the Polar Bears! | Greenpeace USA

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has limited time to rescind dangerous, last-minute Bush Admin regulations -

On March 11th Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law, a bill giving Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar the authority to immediately rescind Bush administration regulations that eliminate essential protections for the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. However, under the bill, if Salazar doesn’t withdraw the Bush regulations within 60 days of its passage into law, the regulations stay in effect and the polar bear is deprived of the legal protections it needs to survive.

11th-hour attack by Bush Admin -

Just before leaving office, the Bush administration dealt a parting blow to endangered species across the nation, issuing two regulations intended to (1) remove the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an independent, scientific watchdog over potentially species-harming federal projects like timber sales, mines, and dams; (2) exempt all greenhouse gas-emitting projects, including coal-fired power plants and federal fuel efficiency standards, from Endangered Species Act review; and (3) specifically ban federal agencies from protecting the imperiled polar bear from greenhouse gas emissions.

These policies eviscerate the central Endangered Species Act process — Fish and Wildlife Service oversight — that has protected endangered species for 35 years. They also exclude the greatest future threat to endangered species — global warming — from consideration under the Act. The policies are the subject of active lawsuits by Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity, various other environmental groups, and nine states.
Obama uses memorandum, legislation to address problem

Thankfully, the Obama administration and Congress have taken the first steps towards rescinding the damaging Bush regulations. On March 3, 2009, President Barack Obama sent out a presidential memorandum ordering agencies to ignore the regulation blocking Fish and Wildlife Service project oversight. Then, on March 11, Obama signed into law an omnibus appropriations bill giving Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar 60 days to rescind the Bush rules with the stroke of a pen and restore our nation’s most critical and successful wildlife protection law to its former glory.

Secretary Salazar must act by May 9, 2009, or the regulations will stay in place. And with industry groups pulling out all the stops urging Secretary Salazar to let the Bush regulations stand, it’s far from guaranteed they’ll be rescinded. That’s why it is so urgent to take action today — please let Secretary Salazar know that you want the Bush extinction regulations rescinded immediately.Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has limited time to rescind dangerous,... more

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Save the Polar Bear, Save the Planet - Greenpeace

The Bush administration's illegal and illogical regulations under Section 4(d) and... more

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Polar Bear Habitat to be Protected

Forget about healthcare, we have to save us some Polar Bears!

Arctic to be ice free in summer – Consequences for polar bears

Al Gore And Phelim McAleer Spar Over Global Warming: Climate Change Denier Challenges Gore (VIDEO)

Baby polar bear pictured riding piggy back

Polar Bear Love: Knut's First Date Starts with a Whack to the Face

For Your Children

ROCKSTAREARTH.com

Unusual trips and unique accommodations: Trip on a Deal Ep. 8

Polar Bear Beats The Heat With An Icy Treat

Endangered Polar Bears Info..

Polar Bearzzz

Polar Bears in London!

Obama Agrees with Bush on Polar Bears

Obama administration to keep the limited Bush-era rule protecting polar bears

Obama keeps Bush polar bear rules

You Can Think Polar Bears are Cute. Or Threatened. But Not Both.

The Creators of "earth"

Save the Act to Save the Polar Bears! | Greenpeace USA

Save the Polar Bear, Save the Planet - Greenpeace

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