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A Polar-izing Issue

Thursday, May 15, 2008

The polar bear is now listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to projections of melting sea ice at the pole. Is this a sign of a changing government position on global climate change? Andrew Wetzler, Director of the Endangered Species Project at the National Resources Defense Council, explains the significance.


Comments

  • [1] Baby from Forest Hills May 15, 2008 - 10:58AM

    Protect those cute and cuddily polar bears!!

    I wish I could adopt one.


  • [2] michael winslow from INWOOD May 15, 2008 - 11:03AM

    Bush is a day late and a dollar short.

    A meaningless gesture coming from someone who cares nothing for the environment unless one of his friends' companies can make windfall profits.


  • [3] hjs from 11211 May 15, 2008 - 11:32AM

    do Polar bears pay taxes. or shop or donate to the 2 political parties ?

    let them eat cake!


  • [4] Steve from Manhattan May 15, 2008 - 11:34AM

    Nobody could have predicted that:

    a) terrorists would fly planes into the World Trade Center;

    b) there would be sectarian violence in Iraq;

    c) no WMD would be found;

    d) the Bush administration would do nothing about the polar bear or global warming.

    Nobody.


  • [5] Anne Falivena from glen cove, ny May 15, 2008 - 11:36AM

    Can't Coca Cola do something to save an important mascot? C'mon Coke. Get involved.


  • [6] George from Brooklyn! May 15, 2008 - 11:43AM

    It seems more and more that every move the current administration makes is to advance their own oil-centric interests. This whole polar bear thing is their (thankfully, hopefully) short-termed attempts to allow arctic drilling.


  • [7] michael winslow from INWOOD May 15, 2008 - 11:44AM

    Sorry Steve everyone predicted all of the above.

    Where have you been?


  • [8] Steve from Manhattan May 15, 2008 - 11:51AM

    @michael - well you must live in the Reality Based Community(tm). I was kidnapped by neocons and rendered to a black site in Poland back in '02. What did I miss?


  • [9] Baby from Forest Hills May 15, 2008 - 11:58AM

    MEOW MEOW


  • [10] barry from Manhattan May 15, 2008 - 11:59AM

    Wait you forgot to Blame Bush for the UN's unwillingness to intervene in Burma.


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