Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat ...
Polar bear is added to the endangered species list
latimes.comFound 51 days, 13 hours, 38 minutes, and 37 seconds ago"The science is absolutely clear that polar bear needs protection under the Endangered Species Act," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the endangered species program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. The animal, whose habitat has been shrinking with the melting of Arctic sea ice, is the first ...
US lists polar bear as threatened species
breitbart.comFound 51 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, and 28 seconds agoWASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne scheduled a news conference to announce the action. Interior Department spokesman ...
U.S. lists polar bears as 'threatened' species
cbc.caFound 51 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes, and 45 seconds agoSecretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, who made the announcement in Washington on Wednesday, said the decision was based on findings that polar bears' sea ice habitat, vital to their survival, has dramatically melted in recent decades. A threatened species is considered likely to become in danger ...
Politics and the polar bear
michellemalkin.comFound 51 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 49 seconds agoIt's been in the works for quite some time , but now the decision is official. […] Read the rest »
Polar bear now listed as 'threatened' species
cnn.comFound 51 days, 13 hours, 54 minutes, and 46 seconds agoPolar bears will now be listed as
U.S. Department of the Interior
doi.govFound 51 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes, and 12 seconds agoFish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the ESA for designating a threatened ...
US lists polar bear as threatened species
news.yahoo.comFound 51 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes, and 31 seconds agoThe Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.
Polar Bear Threatened, but CO2 Not Relevant
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.comFound 51 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes, and 48 seconds agoA polar bear at the Central Park Zoo and Kert Davies, from Greenpeace, regard each other. The listing was based on observations showing a decades-long decline in summer sea ice extent on the Arctic Ocean and 10 computer simulations that all showed further declines through 2050. Since 1979, the summer ...
Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily
ibdeditorials.comFound 51 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes, and 14 seconds agoWhy special treatment for an animal whose population has more than doubled over the last 50 years? The polar bear has become such a beloved icon that even a pro-development Republican secretary of the Interior can't muster the courage to say no to the forces of environmentalism. The court was acting ...
The Polar Bear Listing
planetgore.nationalreview.comFound 51 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes, and 49 seconds agoThe listing of the polar bears as threatened is anbsp;compromise thatnbsp;shows just how thenbsp;Endangered Species Act is a bad piece of legislation.... . . .
Polar Bear 'Threatened' By Global Warming, But Arctic Drilling Can Continue
thinkprogress.orgFound 51 days, 13 hours, 29 minutes, and 4 seconds agoAfter years of delay, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made a landmark decision on whether global warming pollution is regulated by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Kempthorne ruled that the polar bear should be classified as a "threatened species" due to the decline of polar sea ice, critical ...
ace.mu.nu
Chalk one up for the global warming crowd.
Several American activist groups, including Greenpeace and the Center for Biological Diversity, have also been lobbying hard to have polar bears listed as threatened. Experts now believe there are up to 25,000 polar bears remaining on the planet, and that number is in decline.
Listing the polar bear as a threatened species means all U.S. federal agencies will have to ensure that anything they authorize that might affect polar bears will not jeopardize their survival or the sea ice where they live.
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thinkprogress.org
After years of delay , Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne finally declared the polar bear a " threatened species ," under the Endangered Species Act, due to global warming. Yet at the same time, Kempthorne also decreed that drilling in the Arctic can still continue:
This rule, effective immediately, will ensure the protection of the bear while allowing us to continue to develop our natural resources in the arctic region in an environmentally sound way.
Kempthorne's decision calls into question the legality of a Feb.
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huffingtonpost.com
It's good (and also unusual) that the Bush administration has yielded to the scientists and declared the polar bear a threatened species. But it's clear from the press release that the Interior Department has little sympathy for the plight of beleaguered bear populations. In making the announcement, Kempthorne...
Found 50 days, 16 hours, 30 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
bespacific.com
News release : "Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne...announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the ESA for designating a threatened species .
Found 50 days, 9 hours, 53 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
theanchoressonline.com
I am so disgusted with this idiocy (goodbye ANWR, goodbye energy independence, hello pain) that I have turned my head from the news of the day to this Wife's Chart , which - in 1939 - was put together by some poor deluded man who believed he could get away with writing this and remain happy. Or healthy. ( Via Ace )
The article only presents the first portion of the wife test, but as I score a measly ten points…well…I do love and appreciate my tolerant husband. But I always did know I had a good 'un in him.
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coeruleus.blogspot.com
They actually did it :
Found 51 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes, and 5 seconds ago
popsci.com
It's official: polar bears are in trouble. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has announced that he is accepting the recommendation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act. That means the bear is just one step from becoming "endangered," a category reserved for species on the brink of extinction.
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townhall.com
Iain Murray, author the "Really Inconvenient Truths" points out that the allowances for oil exploration and limitations of ESA's jurisdiction the secretary included in the ruling won't last long:
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freerepublic.com
U.S. Department of the Interior ^ | May 14, 2008 | U.S. Department of the Interior
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com
Moonbattery has enveloped the Bush Administration, as they've made the absurd move of listing polar bears as threatened in spite of recent news that they're now at record numbers . The U.S. government has decided to list polar bears as a threatened species under its Endangered Species Act - a decision that could deal a severe blow to the lucrative sport hunt in Canada's North.
Found 51 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
climateprogress.org
On the other hand, the disorder makes it physically, or at least psychologically, impossible for the patient to take any action based on that burst of logic. The quote in this post's headline is from the DOI press release's own subhead (see here and below). Someone will need to explain how producing fossil fuels -- whose combustion is destroying the polar bear's habitat -- is consistent with preserving an endangered species.
The disorder is also marked by unintentional bursts of irony, as in the use of the phrase "Rule will allow continuation of vital energy production.
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grist.org
source: Department of the Interior
Found 51 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes, and 23 seconds ago
cabdrollery.blogspot.com
Some environmentalists say the delay of a decision was to make it easier for oil companies to finalize $2.7 billion in offshore oil leases in the Chukchi Sea. That area between Alaska and Siberia is home to about 20 percent of the planet's polar bears.
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 54 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
noordinarymoment.com
I asked you a while back to sign a petition asking Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to add the polar bear and their habitat to the Federal Endangered Species list. My thanks to those of you who took the time and did just that!
Today I see on CNN, " Polar bear now listed as 'threatened' species ".
All I can say is… YAY!
oh, and
It's about damned time!!
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
instapunk.com
THE
POLAR BEAR SCAM . One of my younger email correspondents -- with
whom I've had a bruising ongoing debate about the meaning of
conservatism -- recently threw me an unexpected bouquet but asked me a
troubling question: "I think you're amazing, although not old. What is
up with this new old
fart/curmudgeon pose? I'm being taught parliamentary procedure and
political organizing by a team of people that were Goldwater and Reagan
national delegates. They're oldddd. Maybe you're just wiser than you
thought you'd be at your age, although the McCain thing makes one
doubt.
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
norunnyeggs.com
Iain Murray points out that it would take but one swipe of the pen to eliminate the very-minimal safeguards against the use of the reclassification by envirowhackos to stop energy production.
Found 51 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes, and 7 seconds ago
sweetness-light.com
From those champions of truth and science at the Associated Press :
Found 51 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
leisureguy.wordpress.com
And does the GOP care? (The answer to the second question is definitely "No".) ThinkProgress :
After years of delay , Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne finally declared the polar bear a " threatened species ," under the Endangered Species Act, due to global warming. Yet at the same time, Kempthorne also decreed that drilling in the Arctic can still continue:
This rule, effective immediately, will ensure the protection of the bear while allowing us to continue to develop our natural resources in the arctic region in an environmentally sound way.
Found 51 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes, and 51 seconds ago
kiggavik.typepad.com
Today the US Government listed the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species . For the most part I'm just going to point you to what I said back here . I guess this now means that in order to remove the threat the US will finally take action against Climate Change. Won't it?
Nothing has changed, the same number of bears will be taken in Canada from currently sustainable populations. What is different is that there will no longer be sport hunters coming to Arctic Bay to hunt bear (there weren't any sport hunters in Arctic Bay this spring either for entirely different reasons, but if I start blogging about that local issue I'll end up giving myself an aneurysm and will quickly look like the mascot on Townie Bastard's blog ).
Found 51 days, 9 hours, 52 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
maxedoutmama.blogspot.com
And let the lawsuits begin! Hall's three page letter ruling out greenhouse gas emissions as an issue requiring consultation is here . The Sierra Club is correct in pointing out that allowing this to stand would greatly weaken ESA, so I think it's back to court:
Found 51 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes, and 1 second ago
stephenrees.wordpress.com
Guardian
I had thought that this was the sort of news that would, by now, be greeted with a bit of a yawn. But then I have been following the story about the recent US declaration that polar bears are threatened by the shrinking of the Arctic Ice. Which means even the Bush administration now acknowledges what everyone else has been seeing for a while. Yet in the comments section there are the deniers - and the special interest groups - pretending that somehow none of this is happening.
Nature - the journal - is not a tabloid given to exaggeration for effect.
Found 51 days, 7 hours, 26 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
jevica2003.blogtownhall.com
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networdblog.blogspot.com
The US Department of the Interior has recently declared Polar Bears a Threatened Species. This came about due to direct and constant pressure in congress and by groups seeking to protect the bears from environmental damage. However, as I have pointed out in the past, Polar Bears are not endangered, they are not threatened. In fact, biologists, hunters, and indigenous peoples of the arctic region report that there are more polar bears now than at any time in human history. So what was this decision based upon?
Found 50 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
donsingleton.blogspot.com
Yahoo! News The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday Even though their numbers are increasing and they are not endangered . because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. Which isn't happening. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and projections of continued losses, The bear population across the Arctic from Alaska to Greenland doubled from about 12,000 to 25,000 since 1960 meaning, he said, that the polar bear is a species likely to be in danger of extinction in the near future.
Found 50 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes, and 37 seconds ago
sierraclub.typepad.com
At first, on the surface, today's announcement from the U.S Department of the Interior that the polar bear would be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was great! And then we read the fine print in the DOI's release (emphasis mine):
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes, and 55 seconds ago
faustasblog.com
Polar bears are now in the endangered list : not a good thing, says Hugh Hewitt .
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care2.com
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buzztail.blogspot.com
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced yesterday that the polar bear will be given threatened status under the endangered species act. What does this mean?
Found 51 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 2 seconds ago
globalwarmingisreal.com
Rule will allow continuation of vital energy production in Alaska
And that's just in the headline. It goes on from there to state that the decision will
…be accompanied by administrative guidance and a rule" (uh oh) "that defines the scope of impact my decision will have" (as in none?) "in order to protect the polar bear while limiting unintended harm to the society and economy of the United States" (take that all you big angry bears…)
While acknowledging that the polar bear is listed as a direct result of climate change, Kempthorne wanted
…to make it clear that this listing will not stop global climate change… That is why I am taking administrative and regulatory action to make certain the ESA (endangered species act) isn't abused" (abused?
Found 50 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
desmogblog.com
Given the massive public outcry over gas prices, the public will no doubt be furious to find out that a plan to save energy and money has been kept under wraps by their own government. The White House has been sitting on a document for more than 6 months now that estimates a long term savings in excess of $2 trillion through 2040 if the federal government was to enact tougher greenhouse gas regulations for new automobiles.
Found 78 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
sierraclub.typepad.com
The U.S. Department of the Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced on May 14 that the polar bear will be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, acknowledging that melting Arctic sea ice constitutes an ongoing threat to the bears' habitat. While the listing should provide the bears with some protection, it comes with baggage--namely the caveat that oil drilling will be permitted within polar bear habitats, under a proposed 4(d) rule. Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope sees the announcement as an empty gesture, explaining in a released statement that "allowing destructive energy development in polar bear habitat is akin to diagnosing someone with lung cancer and then handing them a lit cigarette.
Found 50 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
greatpcs.net
Poor Polar Bears are getting added as "threatened" to the Endangered Species list according to a CNN.Com article today. In honor of that I figured I would make a top 10 list of things that should be listed as endangered but aren't. Hopefully you'll find a few of them funny, if not we'll just have to add "my sense of humor" to the list of things that should be endangered.
Top 10 Things that Should be Listed as Endangered
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 54 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
theocdisorder.com
Just days after the OC Register printed a defiant editorial warning against the folly of protecting Polar Bears, the Bush administration today designated the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endgangered Species Act.
The move is significant because polar bears are the first species to be designated as endangered primarily due to the effects of global warming. Hopefully, this action will set a precedent that will make it all the more difficult for future legislation to blatantly ignore the effects of global warming.
Found 51 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes, and 2 seconds ago
wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on May 14, 2008 that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat.
So what happens if sea ice grows? Let's see how well that "best available science" holds up. According to the full DOI press release , computer model scenarios figured heavily into the decision.
Found 51 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
dailytri.wordpress.com
It's official. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior has placed the polar bear on the list of threatened species list under the Endangered Species Act. Apparently, global warming (as previously discovered by Al Gore) has created a massive loss of sea ice, which has and will continue to threaten current polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future. Research shows sea ice has been on a steady decline since 1979 based on satellite imagery.
Found 51 days, 7 hours, 18 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
linkcollection.wordpress.com
http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/080514a.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080515/news_1n15pbear.html
The oil companies expect to have a fight on their hands due to the polar bear status change:
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