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Polar bears take center stage in climate drama
Tuktoyaktuk :: Canada | 2 months ago
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Henry Jr. slept in the arms of his father the unhappy hunter, who pondered the future of the boy born last winter, in the depths of a polar bear season he'd rather forget. Click to enlarge Veteran hunter Frank Pokiak, 57, holds a polar bear tooth at...
Tags: polar bears, Canada, Tuktoyaktuk
Hundreds of walruses die in suspected stampedes as Arctic ice disappears
BOULDER, Colo.— According to the Center for Biological Diversity in a September 17 press release, hundreds of Walruses have died in Alaska, as the suspected result of herds of walruses being forced to come ashore in large...
Tags: Center for Biological Diversity, Walrus, Arctic sea ice, Ken Salazar, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, global warming, climate change, polar bears
Environmentalists: Obama's pick for director to oversee coal mining is strongly opposed
The Center for Biological Diversity has stepped up as the leader in this growing opposition via a Thursday press release that strongly opposed the nomination of Joseph Pizarchik as director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement because...
Tags: Obama, Center for Biological Diversity, Ken Salazar, Joseph Pizarchik, environment, Bureau of Mining and reclamation, water pollution, strip mining, mountain top coal, polar bears, Bill Richardson, wolves
'Rapid change' of warming Arctic affecting wildlife
Nuuk :: Greenland | 2 months ago
Credibility Polar bears may be the most iconic Arctic creature threatened by climate change, but they've got plenty of company. Hooded and ringed seals, ivory gulls, narwhals and Pacific walruses are also faring poorly as temperatures climb, say leading northern...
Tags: polar bears, ringed seals, climate change
Knut's girlfriend Gianna arrives in Berlin
Berlin :: Germany | 2 months ago
Credibility The polar bears are relaxing behind the scenes right now, bear keeper Heiner Klös told news agency DDP, adding that they will make their public debut in the coming weeks. Three-year-old Gianna, who originally came to Germany from Italy, will initially...
Tags: polar bears, Berlin, Giovanna
Secretary Salazar could take a wildlife management lesson from NM Governor Bill Richardson
Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, has made some popular decisions on restricting oil leases, but has made some very controversial decisions on wildlife management. Governor Bill Richardson (NM-D) is making a valiant effort to protect both, but...
Tags: Ken Salazar, Bill Richardson, Obama, Gary Locke, Secretary of CommerceESA, BLM, polar bears, prairie dogs
Stress caused by pollution shrinking polar bears, scientists warn
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 months ago
Credibility Polar bears have shrunk over the last century, according to research. Scientists compared bear skulls from the early 20th Century with those from the latter half of the century. Their study, in the Journal of Zoology, describes changes in size and shape...
Tags: polar bears
U.S. Interior's Ken Salazar under fire again for failing to protect wildlife
The conservation group WildEarth Guardians has filed a law suit to force Ken Salazar, Secretary of Interior, to protect an endangered species of juguarundi cat that is struggling to survive amid habitat lose and development along the South Texas-Mexico...
Tags: Obama, WildEarth Guardians, Ken Salazar, jaguarundi cats, polar bears, wolves, prairie dogs
Could pesticide poisoning kill more polar bears than global warming?
On July 6, 2009, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a 60-day notice of Intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, to force protection from pesticides, which adversely affects the health of polar bears, the Arctic ecosystem, and human...
Tags: Polar bears, pesicides, Arctic wildlife
Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Alaska — An environmental group has given formal notice that it will sue the federal government to protect polar bears from pesticide pollution. The Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday gave 60-day notice it will sue the Environmental Protection...
Tags: polar bears
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