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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
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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...
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A Disgruntled Veteran on Energy Policy and “Cap & Trade”
My Electric Bill is HOW MUCH!?! A Disgruntled Vet on Energy Policy and "Cap & Trade" Bill Ernest Jr. "At a time of great fiscal challenges, this legislation is paid for by the polluters who currently emit the dangerous carbon emissions that contaminate...
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Partial walrus estimate alarms conservation group
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A partial federal assessment of Pacific walrus estimates their minimum population at just 15,164 but says the count likely missed a number of animals. The estimate released Thursday in response to a court deadline only represents animals counted in about...
Tags: Alaska, polar bears
New York Times: Polar Bear Protection Updates
Houston :: TX :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Obama administration has stuck, for now, with a Bush administration rule saying that the threatened listing for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act can't be used to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases . Interior Department officials said...
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Obama keeps Bush polar bear rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Environmental groups had been calling for the rule to be lifted, and the US Congress had given Interior Secretary Ken Salazar the power to do so. Mr Salazar said lifting the rule would create "uncertainty and confusion". The rule means the government...
Tags: polar bears, Obama Team Keeps Bush, Ken Salazar, George W. Bush, Interior Department, Maintain Bush-Era, US Interior, interior secretary, endangered species, Interior Dept
'Earth' takes viewers on 'breathtaking' journey
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Earth" is the first of a series of movies set to be released under the newly branded Disneynature label -- a spin-off of "True-Life Adventure," Disney's first nature documentary series of the '40s and '50s. Nature movies have made a big impression on...
Tags: Earth Day, Planet Earth, Disneynature, Disney Studios, polar bears
Nunavut man who jumped from plane identified
Toronto :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility 13 PM EDT The search for the remains of a 20-year-old Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, man who jumped from a small airplane earlier this week continued on Friday. Julian Tologanak. “I can't believe you are gone,” wrote one friend on Mr. Tologanak's Facebook page...
Tags: Cambridge Bay, Mr. Tologanak, Julian Tologanak, polar bears
Critics of offshore drilling pack Calif. hearing
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Environmentalists dressed as polar bears, sea turtles and jellyfish were among dozens of people who packed a public hearing Thursday to press Interior Secretary Ken Salazar not to open new areas of the West Coast to oil drilling. The public forum, the...
Tags: Ken Salazar, offshore drilling, Interior Department, California, polar bears, interior secretary, San Francisco, secretary ken, oil drilling, public comment
Woman reportedly jumps into polar bear enclosure
Berlin :: Germany | 8 months ago
Credibility An empty box of a life belt is seen next to the polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Friday, April 10, 2009. Police say a woman jumped into the polar bear enclosure and was bitten several times on her arms and legs by one of the four older polar...
Tags: Berlin Zoo, polar bears, bears enclosure
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