Posted on 02/04/2007 4:48:53 AM PST by StACase
Climate Change: The Bush administration buys into global warming hype by proposing that polar bears be listed as an endangered species. The only thing endangered about polar bears is the truth.
The current population of polar bears is said to have dwindled to 22,000 to 25,000. A half-century ago, before SUVs doomed the planet, there were only 8,000 to 10,000 polar bears, according to science writer Theo Richel.
Taking a somewhat different view is Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist with the government of Nunavut, a territory in Canada. According to Taylor, and contrary to greenie hype, climate change — particularly in the Arctic — is not pushing them to the brink of extinction. They have adapted and will continue to adapt to their environment.
"Life may be good," Taylor said, "but good news about polar bear populations does not seem to be welcomed by the Center for Biological Diversity. It is just silly to predict the demise of polar bears in 25 years based on media-assisted hysteria."
It's even sillier to base public policy on it.
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Karl rove convinced him that Illegal Polar Bears will vote Republican.
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How's this 'the other way'? When has GWB ever been anything but an enthusiast for Big Government, for which global warming is now the latest justification.
I will admit my relatives killed the dinosaurs with SUV's. Oh wait, there were no SUV's , factories, filthy masses of humans fouling the air.
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