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So polar bears are being used to lose America jobs and energy independence and revenues.
Nuke the polar bears.
Alaska sues to overturn polar bear protectionANCHORAGE, Alaska | Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection of bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity.
Like his predecessor, Sarah Palin, the governor is suing the federal government to overturn the listing of the iconic symbol of the Arctic as a threatened species, a move made last year that he thinks could threaten Alaska's lifeblood: petroleum development.
"Currently some are attempting to improperly use the Endangered Species Act to shut down resource development," Mr. Parnell says. "I'm not going to let this happen on my watch."
As Alaska North Slope wells dry up, the state is turning to potential offshore discoveries to refill the trans-Alaska pipeline and ensure the long-term prospects of a $26 billion proposed natural-gas pipeline. Protections for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act could thwart that, Mr. Parnell says, adding that they're not needed.
The polar bear population is increasing. How is it that they are "endangered"?
The polar bear population is increasing. How is it that they are "endangered"?
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the polar bear a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. This report details the scientists debunking polar bear endangerment fears and features a sampling of the latest peer-reviewed science detailing the natural causes of recent Arctic ice changes.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that the polar bear population is currently at 20,000 to 25,000 bears, up from as low as 5,000-10,000 bears in the 1950s and 1960s. A 2002 U.S. Geological Survey of wildlife in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain noted that the polar bear populations “may now be near historic highs.” The alarm about the future of polar bear decline is based on speculative computer model predictions many decades in the future. And the methodology of these computer models is being challenged by many scientists and forecasting experts.
The polar bear population is increasing. How is it that they are "endangered"?
They're not.
The socialists are merely abusing the Endangered Species Act to wreak more harm on America.
That's always been their goal.
So polar bears are being used to lose America jobs and energy independence and revenues.
Nuke the polar bears.
I'm all for protecting endangered species, but even after reading the article, I'm still not sure how offshore oil drilling is supposed to threaten them. The article suggested they were threatened because they live on the ice, and there's less ice now than there used to be (and predictions say there will be even less in the future.) But it doesn't really explain the link between offshore oil drilling and less ice. Does offshore drilling make the ice melt faster somehow? I just don't get it.
Global warming is not an issue.
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