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May of Reckoning
Polar-bear listing decision must be made by May 15, says judge |
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29 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:55 AM on 29 Apr 2008 The last time we checked in with the laggardly Interior Department, it was saying it needed until June 30 to decide whether to place polar bears on the endangered-species list. But the department had better find its Decider Pants soon, as a federal judge has sided with green groups to impose a new deadline of May 15. "Other than the general complexity of finalizing the rule, def ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Debunking Bjorn Lomborg: Part I
The great polar bear irony |
Joseph Romm |
13 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| For debunkers, Lomborg's work is a target-rich environment. There is even a Lomborg-errors website, where a Danish biologist catalogs Lomborg's mistakes and 'attempts to document his dishonesty.' Lomborg's latest work of disinformation, Cool It, isn't out yet in Europe to be debunked, so I'll fill the gap for now. I will start with polar bears for two reasons. First, the nonironic reason: Lomborg starts his book with a chapter on polar bears, presumably because ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, books, climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part II
Loss of summer ice in the Arctic will threaten polar bear survival |
Joseph Romm |
11 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| We've seen the USGS predict that two-thirds of the polar bear population will be wiped out by 2050. But that analysis assumes the Arctic will still have summer ice then. The USGS acknowledges (PDF) their projection is 'conservative' since it is based upon an average of existing climate models and 'the observed trajectory of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models.' In fact, the Arctic now is poised to lose all its ice by 2030 ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, habitat loss, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part I
On the myth that polar bear populations are flourishing |
Joseph Romm |
10 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Human-caused global warming is poised to wipe out polar bears. The normally staid U.S. Geological Survey -- studying whether the bear should be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act -- concluded grimly last Friday: Projected changes in future sea ice conditions, if realized, will result in loss of approximately 2/3 of the world's current polar bear population by the mid 21st century. Because the observed trajectory of Arctic sea i ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics) |
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