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Bush to gut endangered species laws
Posted by Jeff from International Herald Tribune
If approved, the changes would represent the biggest overhaul of the Endangered Species Act since 1988. They would accomplish through new federal regulations what conservative Republicans have been unable to achieve in Congress: an end to some environmental reviews that developers and other federal agencies blame for delays and cost increases on many projects.
Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
Posted by Jeff from Wired
In April, I offered this idea as an April Fools Joke. I knew it wouldn't be too long before it entered mainstream debate. I didn't expect it to arise this quickly.
Stranded Polar Bear Shot in Iceland
Posted by Jeff
Straight from NewsCloud's Iceland bureau, the stranded bear mentioned in this article was reported killed in this report today (untranslated). Polar bears are not commonly found in Iceland. Once in a while they swim to the coast from the drifting ice from Greenland. As there has been very little drift ice off the coast this winter this animal seems to have swum a very long distance to the north coast of Iceland.
Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species
Posted by Jeff from Wall Street Journal
The Bush Administration Wednesday handed environmentalists a major victory, determining there was sufficient scientific evidence to declare the polar bear a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act, the Interior Department said.
Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to decide within 16 days whether polar bears should be listed as a threatened species because of global warming.
No show at polar bear hearing & no listing
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
Sen. Barbara Boxer held a hearing Wednesday to find out why the Bush administration has put off deciding whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species. But her star witness, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, didn't show & no listing followed
McCain Supportive of Polar Bear Relocation
Posted by Jeff from Grist
The Polar Bear Conservancy will begin relocation of the first Arctic polar bears to Antarctica on Earth Day, April 22. The relocation will be the initial step in a planned five-year program to migrate 3,000 polar bears from the Northern Arctic to the southern continent of Antarctica. Scientists say polar bears face near-certain extinction by 2020 as global climate change accelerates melting of their habitat in the Northern Arctic. Antarctica, in contrast, can be a viable home for the bears. Republican presidential candidate John McCain voiced support yesterday for the program. Meanwhile, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that relocating polar bears would be much less expensive than listing them under the Endangered Species Act.
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