Archive: Polar bears in peril
May 15, 2008
Polar bear is listed as threatened species
The Interior Department on Wednesday designated the polar bear as threatened with extinction because of shrinking sea ice, making it the first creature added to the endangered species list primarily because of global warming.
April 30, 2008
Judge says U.S. must decide whether polar bears are endangered species
A federal judge in Oakland has ordered the Interior Department to decide by May 15 if the polar bear should be protected as an endangered species because of melting sea ice due to global warming.
April 18, 2008
Polar bears may have to chill 10 weeks
The Interior Department wants 10 more weeks to decide whether polar bears should be listed as threatened or endangered, a delay that conservation groups condemned as tied to the transfer of offshore petroleum leases in the animal's habitat.
April 3, 2008
Delay over polar bear protection is criticized
The chairwoman of the Senate Environment Committee on Wednesday criticized Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for failing to appear before her panel to explain why the Bush administration had delayed a decision on whether to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act.
February 3, 2008
U.S. is close to listing polar bears as threatened
The Bush administration is nearing a decision that would officially acknowledge the environmental damage of global warming, and name its first potential victim: the polar bear.
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