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U.S. Wants Polar Bears Listed as Threatened—Designation May Force Action on Global Warming. Anonymous
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122601034.html

The Bush administration has decided to propose listing the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, putting the U.S. government on record as saying that global warming could drive one of the world's most recognizable animals out of existence.

The administration's proposal -- which was described by an Interior Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity -- stems from the fact that rising temperatures in the Arctic are shrinking the sea ice that polar bears need for hunting. The official insisted on anonymity because the department will submit the proposal today for publication in the Federal Register, after which it will be subject to public comment for 90 days.

Identifying polar bears as threatened with extinction could have an enormous political and practical impact. As the world's largest bear and as an object of children's affection as well as Christmastime Coca-Cola commercials, the polar bear occupies an important place in the American psyche. Because scientists have concluded that carbon dioxide from power-plant and vehicle emissions is helping drive climate change worldwide, putting polar bears on the endangered species list raises the legal question of whether the government would be required to compel U.S. industries to curb their carbon dioxide output.

"We've reviewed all the available data that leads us to believe the sea ice the polar bear depends on has been receding," said the Interior official, who added that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have concluded that polar bears could be endangered within 45 years. "Obviously, the sea ice is melting because the temperatures are warmer."
>> Anonymous
It took polar bears for the govt. to finally take the Global Warming issue seriously. Well if that's what it takes, it works for me.
>> Anonymous
But polar bears suck. So if we lost them all, it would not be important. Open season on polar bears! They have icees for blood!
>> Anonymous
I'm glad they're finally getting to it.
>> Anonymous
They're all going to die anyways. I am despondent.
>> Anonymous
Too little, too late
>> Anonymous
how about we just save the polar bear's genome on a DVD-R so we can clone it if we want to bring it back to life in a few hundred years?
>> Anonymous
Damn the polar bears! They're all pawns of the Coca Cola Company anyway! Just like Santa Claus!

...You don't suppose Santa Claus could go extinct, too?
>> Anonymous
>>55236

god I hope so
>> Anonymous
The Coca Cola ads portray a mystical animal from fantasy times, the A white bear that lives amongst ice flows.
>> Anonymous
>>55257
It's floes, moron
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
real reason why polar bears are getting extinct:
do you know what happens when polar bears have sex?
>> Anonymous
When polar bears have sex, one iceberg melts.
>> Anonymous
I heard time stops when polar bears have sex. And *then* an iceberg melts.
>> Anonymous
one word...fracture (and it's not ice)
>> Anonymous
Every time a polar bear masturbates, God kills an iceberg.