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Bush Throws Polar Bears Under the Bus
Polar bear reacts to today’s news. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announces revisions to Endangered Species Act. ‘To finally admit that the science compels the listing of the polar bear as threatened due to global warming, but then deny it the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Endangered Species, Environment, EPA, Global Warming, Interior Department, Polar Bears
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Bush’s Exit Strategy : A Deregulation Frenzy
Dubya: The legacy.The Legacy Grows: ‘Every rule in every agency is under attack.’By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2008 See ‘A Last Push To Deregulate: White House to Ease Many Rules’ by R. Jeffrey Smith, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Presidency, Deregulation, Endangered Species, EPA, Political Corruption
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Worst Offender : eBay Bans Ivory Sales
‘eBay auctions account for nearly two-thirds of the global trade in endangered species.’By Casey Miner / October 24, 2008 eBay announced this week that it would ban all sales of elephant ivory on its site after the International Fund for … Continue reading
1 in 4 Mammals Now Thought to Face Extinction
A fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), one of the world’s mammals that is declining in population. More than a third are probably threatened with extinction. Photo by Mathieu Ourioux / AFP / Getty Image.‘What we are facing is a very rapid, … Continue reading
BushCo and Sarah Palin : Polar Bears, Schmolar Bears….
‘The Bush Administration had not wanted to designate the polar bear as threatened in the first place; now Palin’s lawsuit provided cover to backtrack on the decision’By Mark Hertsgaard / September 10, 2008 It wasn’t much noticed at the time, … Continue reading
Endangered Species : Angered Scientists, Green Groups Confront Administration
Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne, winner of the 2007 Rubber Dodo Award, is drawing the wrath of scientists and green groups.Environmental groups plea for public comment on endangered species law changesBy Elana Schor / August 22, 2008 A coalition of scientists … Continue reading
Berkeley Scientists : World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Amphibians are dying even in remote Sierra Nevada.Scientists: Humans To Blame ‘Behind all this lies the heavy hand of Homo sapiens’ By John Boitnott / August 12, 2008 “There’s no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right … Continue reading
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Tagged Amphibians, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Fauna, Mass Extinction, Science
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Nearly Half of all the World’s Primates at Risk of Extinction
The endangered golden lion tamarin. Photo by Anup Shah/Getty Images.Study paints bleak picture for hundreds of species: Loss of habitat and boom in bushmeat trade blamedBy James Randerson / August 5, 2008 Nearly half of all primate species are now … Continue reading
Another Species Is Biting the Dust
Orangutan Populations Declining SharplyBy Michael Casey / July 5, 2008 BANGKOK, Thailand – – Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species … Continue reading
As Go the Penquins, So Goes the Sea
Bellwether Species?A king penguin at the edge of an ice shelf in Antarctica. Photo from Getty Images.Penguin Woes Signal Trouble at SeaBy Seth Borenstein / July 1, 2008 The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world’s oceans … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Global Warming, Nature, Oceans
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Someone Call Al Gore…
Kelly / The Onion. The Rag Blog / June ll, 2008
