It Is Time To Stop!

If polar bears were capable to talk to us, probably this is what they would say,

Please stop killing us, we have the right to live as much as you do.

After so many delays from the Bush Administration to list this specific species under the Endangered Species Act, it is time for us to put an end to these inhumane actions against these majestic wild animals. Once a symbol of Arctic wildlife’s fierce resilience, the polar bear is now so vulnerable to the ravages of the global warming crisis.
Please help to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. The following agencies are fighting for the survival of the polar bears and you can help them as well ---
Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), Greenpeace, and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). To win this fight to save nature’s beautiful creatures, one’s compassion must be supported with decisive action!

Ways to Protect Polar Bears

We need to take action now to protect polar bears and preserve their Arctic habitat. The Big Oil companies in the Arctic need to stop oil and gas drilling if it harms polar bears and we need to push the Bush Administration to start seriously regulating heat-trapping emissions from coming from power plants, cars, and factories, which are clearly hurting the bears. This is a profound acknowledgement of the threat not only to the polar bears’ population, but to the entire Arctic ecosystem.

The Protection...

The Protection was what the Bush Administration left out when it listed polar bears as a “threatened” species. Instead of protecting polar bears from extinction, this plan neglected them and still left them to continue suffering the negative effects of global warming. Basically, this plan refuses to crack down on global warming polluters and will do nothing to stop Big Oil’s invasion of polar bears’ habitat. According to environmentalists,

the Bush Administration’s abandonment of the polar bear isn’t just cruel—it’s illegal.

For this reason, organizations such as Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and their allies are taking the Bush Administration back to court this coming summer, and as in any battle, this will be not easy. The Big Oil and corporate polluters are not going to let polar bears get in the way of their profits without putting up a fight.

Unbelievable!!

Alaska’s political leaders condemned the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered species Act. Gov. Sarah Palin plans to launch a legal counter-offensive. She says,

the state will file suit against the listing decision, because the science is ‘uncertain,’ ‘unproven’ and ‘arbitrary.’

She is planning to use $ 2 million from the state budget for questioning the Endangered Species Act listing. It is unbelievable how these political leaders are saying that proven science of melting sea ice in the Arctic is just mere “speculation” or “arbitrary.” Instead of fighting the listing, these politicians should be fighting to reduce the threat of global warming since the human contribution to the global warming crisis is not just threatening the polar bears, but it is also threatening the world’s habitat.

Polar Bears Reach Threatened Species List

The increasing pressure and multiple lawsuits from various wildlife and environmental groups allowed the polar bears to be listed as a “threatened” species. In consequence of listing the polar bears as threatened, all federal US agencies must make certain that any actions authorized that may affect polar bears must not jeopardize the bears’ survival of their habitat, including oil and gas operations. Unfortunately, as the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorine says,

there will be no change in oil and gas operations by the US government. Instead, the loss of sea ice, rather than oil and gas development, is attributed as the real reason why the bears are threatened.

The Bad News?

Evidently, the announcement of polar bears being categorized as a threatened species was not enough for the environmentalists. The Bush Administration plan for “protection” is so full of loopholes for oil companies and other polluters that it could be the equivalent of sending a leaky lifeboat to rescue drowning bears. We can simply say that we have finally gotten the Bush Administration to acknowledge the gravity of the polar bear's plight. Unfortunately, such acknowledgement is not enough to ensure the polar bears’ survival. Our fight to protect polar bears must continue.

John McCain Tackles Global Warming!

John McCain is one of the presidential candidates who is making the environment one of the key elements of his presidential bid. According to a Los Angeles Times article, McCain mentioned that it was time to stop quibbling over the causes of global warming. He pledged to deal with the central facts of rising waters and all the endless troubles that global warming will bring. In essence, McCain referred to the melting glaciers in the Arctic Ocean and the vanishing habitats of polar bears.