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Mad Max meets Wall Street ... on ice Colbert on the Arctic	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, energy, funnies, oil, polar bears, United Nations (all these topics)

Witnessing Bear Green groups sue feds to protect polar bears from oil-drilling effects		10 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:29 AM on 10 Jun 2008 Two green groups are suing the Interior Department over its refusal to limit the impacts of drilling on polar bears, which were listed as threatened last month. The Bush administration has tried its darnedest to ensure that listing the bears wouldn't limit oil and gas exploration in their Alaskan habitat, but Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity maintain ...
Topics: litigation, news, polar bears, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

The Will to disbelieve Conservative pundit correctly recognizes the radical implications of the polar bear decision	David Roberts	23 May 2008	Gristmill
This ran on VanityFair.com earlier today. George Will is far from the only middle-aged Boomer pundit who spends his time shadowboxing Dirty Hippies on the Washington Post editorial page, but his Thursday column is a doozy even by that genre's dubious standards. Seems the Communist Greens, with their 'hostility to markets' and contempt for individual freedom, have teamed up with Activist Judges yet again. They're after America's vital fluids! Amidst the error and ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, endangered species, habitat loss, polar bears (all these topics)

Beyond the Palin Alaska will sue over polar-bear listing		22 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:07 PM on 22 May 2008 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will sue the Interior Department over its decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species. "We believe that the listing was unwarranted and that it's unprecedented to list a currently healthy population based on uncertain climate models," says Alaska Assistant Attorney General Steven Daugherty. To green groups, that argument is, shall we say, unimpressive. &quo ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics)

The Sound of Two Paws Clapping Green groups sue over polar bear listing		20 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:56 AM on 20 May 2008 In entirely expected news, green groups have sued over the Interior Department's listing of the polar bear as a threatened species -- or, more accurately, over Interior's caveats that the listing not be used as a means to fight global warming. The Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and NRDC say the bears should be listed as endangered instead of threatened, and that the listing sho ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Bye-polar Kempthorne Polar bear is endangered, but 'Rule will allow continuation of vital energy production in Alaska'	Joseph Romm	14 May 2008	Gristmill
The Department of Interior suffers from a rare form of bipolar disorder called bye-polar disorder. There is one major symptom of this disorder: You list the polar bear as 'threatened' because of its melting polar sea ice habitat, but then do nothing to actually protect that polar habitat from its primary threat, greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The disorder is accompanied by an occasional burst of logic, as when the DOI noted: The polar bears nee ...
Topics: Arctic, Department of Interior, endangered species, habitat loss, legislation, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Bearly legal Bush admin to list polar bears as threatened; advocates pledge to continue the fight	Kate Sheppard	14 May 2008	Gristmill
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was flanked by two large television screens rolling video of polar bears as he discussed his department's decision Wednesday to declare the bears 'threatened.' The video bears -- and the bears in the many photos on display at the press conference -- were fat and happy, wrestling on solid ice floes and devouring the flesh of prey. But environmentalists fear that Interior's decision not to give the bears the stronger 'endangered' design ...
Topics: climate, Department of Interior, Muckraker, news, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Threat Laid Bear Polar bears threatened, but drilling in their habitat still OK, says Interior		14 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:47 AM on 14 May 2008 Polar bears are a threatened species, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday -- but that doesn't mean we can't drill in their habitat! The "threatened" designation means the bear could become endangered if conservation steps aren't taken; it puts polar bears on the endangered-species list but in effect allows Interior to pick and choose which ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, progress (all these topics)

Truth laid bear? McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies	Kate Sheppard	14 May 2008	Gristmill
In honor of John McCain's eco-week, both the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have launched sites where folks can make personal pledges to protect the planet. The McCain campaign has also put out a line of 'eco-friendly' swag -- shirts, hats, tote bags, etc. Meanwhile, McCain adviser Kevin Hassett, who is also the director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues in an op-ed that polar bears shouldn't be listed as ...
Topics: elections, endangered species, john mccain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, polar bears, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Loaded for bear? Polar bear decision expected today from Bush administration	Miles Grant	14 May 2008	Gristmill
This just in from Associated Press: The Interior Department has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce a decision on whether to list the polar bear as threatened and in need of protection under the Endangered Species Act.Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed such protection 15 months ago because of the disappearance of Arctic sea ice, which is a primary habitat for the bear. Last September, scientists said up to two-thirds of the polar bears could d ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, endangered species, habitat loss, legislation, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Emetic Justice Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry		09 May 2008	News
Posted at 2:10 PM on 09 May 2008 If the U.S. Interior Department decides that polar bears are endangered, litigation will be immediate from a group arguing that bear protection will "result in higher energy prices across the board, which will disproportionately be borne by minorities." So says Roy Innis, chair of the Congress for Racial Equality -- a recipient of Exxon funding that has recently aligned itself with ac ...
Topics: climate, endangered species, environmental justice, insanity, litigation, news, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Alas, Alaska Alaska legislature looking for polar-bear skeptics		07 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 07 May 2008 The Alaska legislature wants to use $2 million in state money to fund an "academic based" conference to highlight the views of scientists who don't think the polar bear should be put on the endangered-species list. The U.S. Interior Department must make a decision by May 15 on whether polar bears are a threatened or endangered species, and "[w]e want to have the money to hire scientis ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, dumbassery , endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics)

May of Reckoning Polar-bear listing decision must be made by May 15, says judge		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 ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

P is for Procrastination Polar bear listing decision delayed, again		18 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 8:22 AM on 18 Apr 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it needs 10 more weeks to decide whether to list polar bears as a threatened or endangered species. The agency's self-imposed deadline is now June 30; the original deadline was Jan. 9. The USFWS says it needs time to review the legal and policy implications of a listing, but litigious greens suspect the delay may have something to do with the ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, polar bears (all these topics)

Polar bears are ... doing great? So say Big Oil-friendly opponents of protecting them	Miles Grant	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill
You know, if you set aside the massive threats to their habitats posed by global warming and oil and gas development, polar bears are an 'otherwise healthy' species.That was the argument made Wednesday by William Horn, an attorney and former Assistant Interior Secretary for Fish and Wildlife in the Reagan administration, at a Capitol Hill hearing about the ongoing delay in whether to cover the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. Horn's case was echoed by several ...
Topics: Alaska, endangered species, energy, natural gas, oil, polar bears, shenanigans, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Go south, young polar bear New campaign plans to relocate polar bears to Antarctica	Lisa Hymas	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill
[UPDATE: This post is a joke, as is the Polar Bear Conservancy website. Happy April Fools' Day!] While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dawdles over whether or not to list the polar bear as a federally protected endangered species, a nonprofit group is ready to act to save the fast-disappearing mammal. The Polar Bear Conservancy has announced a new program that aims to relocate 3,000 polar bears from the rapidly melting Arctic to the Antarctic -- which, ...
Topics: endangered species, funnies, John McCain, polar bears, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

To Explore Strange New Worlds Polar bear ventures far inland, shot to death		31 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:28 PM on 31 Mar 2008 Having boldly gone where no polar bear has gone before, a 3-year-old female polar bear was shot dead 250 miles inland in Fort Yukon, Alaska, last week. Hunters who thought they were tracking a grizzly bear shot the polar bear in what they say was self-defense; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting. Biologists don't know why the polar bear was so far inland. Any ...
Topics: Alaska, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Polar bears are fat! Listing polar bears as endangered species could ... harm polar bears?	Sir Oolius	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Via an email from The National Center for Public Policy Research: The ad is being released in conjunction with a National Center for Public Policy Research policy paper, 'Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Future Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike,' by Peyton Knight and Amy Ridenour. The paper questions the wisdom of listing the polar bear as threatened based on environmentalist organizations' projections of ...
Topics: endangered species, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: Arctic, books, climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, habitat loss, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Ursine of the Times U.S. study says two-thirds of polar bears will be gone by 2050		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:52 AM on 10 Sep 2007 The U.S. Geological Survey released a grim study of polar bears on Friday, concluding that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by 2050. Polar bears in Alaska and other areas outside the very far north will be most out of luck, according to the study; it forecasts that precisely zero polar bears will be left in Alaska by 2050. "Sea ice conditions would have to b ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, US Geological Survey, wildlife (all these topics)

Chagrin and Bear It Melting sea ice makes polar bears starve, drown		18 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Chagrin and Bear It Melting sea ice makes polar bears starve, drown Travel agents hawking trips to the Arctic have been boasting lately of an increased likelihood that tourists will see polar bears -- because starving bears are encroaching on human settlements to scavenge for food. Polar bears have traditionally used ice floes to hunt seals, their favored prey -- but Arctic ice, in case you hadn't heard, is m ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears A polar-bear-protecting treaty between the U.S. and Russia was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. It would prohibit the possession, sale, and purchase of polar bears or parts thereof (ew!), and also set quotas on hunting by Native populations. Currently, Native Americans are allowed to hunt polar bears for subsist ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Let's Feed Them Some Oil Execs Hungry polar bears eating each other We can't think of anything funny to say about this: polar bears, deprived of their natural food by longer seasons without ice, may be turning to cannibalism. In the journal Polar Biology, American and Canadian scientists reviewed three cases of polar bear cannibalism in early 2004 in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. The kills included a mama ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, news, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

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