Would these scientists be paid no compensation if they didn’t find what the Republican legislators want?
That is not how real science is conducted — EVER.
Continue Reading →Judge Orders Bush Administration to Decide Polar Bears’ Status by May 15. VOA.
The Bush Administration was pressured into considering the polar bear for endangered species status, and their strategy has been to prolong the consideration while the bears decline, oil leases are let, and their own time in office runs out. A federal […]
Continue Reading →Grizzly bears are showing up in the high arctic and polar bears wandering south of the Arctic Circle.
These 3 starving polar bears were shot when they discovered food in a village far inland.
Continue Reading →Oil politics alleged in polar bear decision. San Francisco Chronicle.
This story is up on many on-line places today.
Continue Reading →A grizzly bear has been found in what is polar bear country, and he is thriving.
Folks may recall that about a year ago a hunter shot a grizzly/polar bear hybrid.
This may be yet another effect of the rapid warming at the poles.
Story in the Edmonton Journal. Ed Struzik. Grizzly found in […]
Continue Reading →Diary of a Mad Voter: Joan McCarter. Public Lands Tag Sale. By Joan McCarter. New West.
While media talks about the horse race for President, it’s going to be a year of plunder on the public lands, and most it will not be covered. McCarter writes about what is going on, starting with the […]
Continue Reading →This is from Slate Magazine.
Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act won’t do much good, but we should do it anyway. By Holly Doremus
Update (more). Here is more on the Administration’s footdragging on listing the polar bear. The Latest Environmental Victims: The Polar Bear and the Sage Grouse. The Board, […]
Continue Reading →“Why hasn’t the polar bear been granted federal protection? Maybe because the Bush administration plans a last-minute handout of oil leases on its habitat.” No Bears for Oil. By Katharine Mieszkowski. Salon Magazine (may require a subscription to read the full article on-line).
In a related matter, there has been some loss of interest […]
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