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Sarah Palin as 'Caribou Barbie'
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
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Some political blogs have dubbed Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "Caribou Barbie," a likely comment on both her appearance and fondness for hunting. The satirical blog Wonkette has already created a "Caribou Barbie" tag, and liberal...
Tags: Sarah Palin, endangered species, Sarah Palin Make, comedy, polar bears, snl, Caribou Barbie, vice presidential, presidential candidate
Whaling captains campaign for mayor and future in Arctic
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility tacked to buildings because the permafrost is too mucky in late summer to sink in a yard stake -- may be a better indicator of allegiance than polling. Yet they signal far more than just a vote for the mayoral candidate who will best fix the potholes...
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Nunavut MLA Curley calls for moratorium on polar bear research
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility ankin Inlet North MLA Tagak Curley says he wants the Nunavut government to stop supporting scientific research on polar bears in the territory, and instead use more traditional Inuit knowledge. Curley spoke out in the legislative assembly Friday against...
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NPR: Melting Arctic Ice Imperils Polar Bears
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility All Things Considered , August 29, 2008 ยท The National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that sea ice could reach all-time record lows in these last few weeks of the Arctic summer. Margaret Williams, who directs the World Wildlife Fund's Alaska office,...
Tags: polar bear, arctic, ice, global warming, melting, polar bears
Dion pushing Liberals left: Harper
Inuvik :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dion and where he is taking the Liberal party, but more importantly indicates a direction for the country that I don't think Canadians are prepared to accept," the prime minister added.
Tags: Stephen Harper, prime minister, Harper Sees Parliament, Mr. Harper, Stephane Dion, polar bears, Canada, minister stephen, environment minister, Canadian
9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Associated Press Writer Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to stable...
Tags: polar bear, ice, polar bears, Alaskan
Alaska sues over listing polar bear as threatened
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gov. Sarah Palin and other state officials fear a listing will cripple offshore oil and gas development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in Alaska's northern waters, which provide prime habitat for the only polar bears under U.S. jurisdiction. "We believe...
Tags: polar bear, alaska, climate change, ice, gas, oil, polar bears, Alaskan
Groups sue to shield Arctic mammals
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility July 8th, 2008 02:25 PM Last Modified: July 8th, 2008 02:26 PM Two conservation groups are challenging the Bush administration's recent decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses in the growing pursuit of oil...
Tags: polar bear, polar bears, bush administration, Bush, Alaska Public Radio Network, conservation groups
Photo exhibit: eye-to-eye with polar bears
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility One of the Steven Kazlowski photos in the Burke Museum's exhibit "The Last Polar Bear." Exhibit preview "The Last Polar Bear" Opening day 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, with normal hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily and until 8 p.m. on First Thursdays, at the Burke...
Tags: polar bear, polar bears, Burke Museum
Canadians argue for polar bear hunt
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Officials from northern Canada were in Washington on Monday to make an unpopular argument: Let U.S. hunters continue to kill polar bears for sport. The politicians from Canada's Northwest Territory asked Interior Department officials to allow U.S. sportsmen...
Tags: polar bear, polar bears, Canada, bears hunt
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