WASHINGTON - 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 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 spoke on condition of anonymity because the department will submit the proposal Wednesday for publication in the Federal Register, after which it will be subject to public comment for 90 days.
A Bush administration decision on listing polar bears as endangered species and victims of global warming has erupted into a separate battle on Capitol Hill to block oil and gas exploration in order to protect the animals' Arctic hunting grounds. The administration delayed its January deadline on whether to list the bears, but is moving ahead with a separate move Feb. 6 to issue new permits for oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea, which Democrats and environmentalists say they oppose.
Friday: Okie Dokie Karaoke: 3:30 p.m. at the Children's Museum of Memphis. Kids sing their favorite children's songs on a real stage known as The Little Orpheum. This event is for all ages, and admission is $10. Call 458-2678. Saturday: International Polar Bear Day: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Memphis Zoo. In an effort to help children understand how endangered polar bears are, the Memphis Zoo is hosting an event - free with park admission - that allows the chance to see how polar bears hunt, special feedings, games and interactive exhibits. Call 333-6500.
WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne came with slides, maps and charts. They all showed the dire predicament of the polar bear and the majestic animal's own struggle against global warming. Arctic sea ice, which is vital to the bear's survival, has been receding at alarming rates, said Kempthorne, pointing to the maps.
Anyone who believes polar bears are an endangered species should have been at Lake Arrowhead last Saturday morning. More than 40 of them jumped into the mile-high lake, all of them shivering for charity.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The polar bear can be found in just one place in America - Alaska - and is perhaps as much a symbol of the state as, say, alligators are of Florida. So you might think Alaska's politicians would be pounding on doors in Washington to protect it. You'd be wrong.
Anyone who believes polar bears are an endangered species should have been at Lake Arrowhead last Saturday morning. More than 40 of them jumped into the mile-high lake, all of them shivering for charity.
A PREVENTIVE WAR worked out so well in Iraq that Washington last week launched another. The new preventive war the government responding forcefully against a postulated future threat has been declared on behalf of polar bears, the first species whose supposed jeopardy has been ascribed to global warming. The Interior Department, bound by the Endangered Species Act, has declared polar bears a "threatened" species because they might be endangered "in the foreseeable future," meaning 45 years. (Note: 45 years ago, the now-long-forgotten global cooling menace of 35 years ago was not yet foreseen.) The bears will be threatened if the current episode of warming, if there really is one, is, unlike all the previous episodes, irreversible, and if it intensifies, and if it continues to melt sea...
A preventive war worked out so well in Iraq that Washington last week launched another. The new preventive war - the government responding forcefully against a postulated future threat - has been declared on behalf of polar bears, the first species whose supposed jeopardy has been ascribed to global warming. The Interior Department, bound by the Endangered Species Act, has declared polar bears a "threatened" species because they might be endangered "in the foreseeable future," meaning 45 years. (Note: 45 years ago, the now-long-forgotten global cooling menace of 35 years ago was not yet foreseen.) The bears will be threatened if the current episode of warming, if there really is one, is, unlike all the previous episodes, irreversible, and if it intensifies, and if it continues to melt s...
A preventive war worked out so well in Iraq that Washington last week launched another. The new preventive war - the government responding forcefully against a postulated future threat - has been declared on behalf of polar bears, the first species whose supposed jeopardy has been ascribed to global warming. The Interior Department, bound by the Endangered Species Act, has declared polar bears a "threatened" species because they might be endangered "in the foreseeable future," meaning 45 years. (Note: 45 years ago, the now-long-forgotten global cooling menace of 35 years ago was not yet foreseen.) The bears will be threatened if the current episode of warming, if there really is one, is, unlike all the previous episodes, irreversible, and if it intensifies, and if it continues to melt s...
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