Posted on 03/19/2010 8:44:21 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Polar bear, bluefin tuna trade bans rejected
Thu, Mar 18 2010
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed international trade bans on polar bears and Atlantic bluefin tuna failed to pass on Thursday at a 175-nation meeting aimed at protecting endangered species.
The United States favored both bans and was disappointed in the vote, but held out hope for passage of a resolution that would make climate change a factor in future decisions by the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as CITES.
The meeting of CITES in Doha, Qatar, will consider the climate change resolution along with trade protection for about 40 species -- including sharks, coral and elephants -- during its two-week conference ending on March 25.
Polar bears are under pressure from the melting of their icy Arctic habitat, and are listed by the United States as a threatened species for that reason. The primary exporter of polar bears is Canada, which has recently scaled back the number of hunting permits for the bear.
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The Obama-appointee from Interior is miffed that some people have to eat and make a living.
It’s better that we let the Polar Bears drown in the wild than be safe in nice warm zoos?.........................
Wondering if we can get this Leftist government so “H” bent upon blowing our tax money on greeninsanity to finance a high flying live broadcast, say from a U-2 displaying the area of Arctic meltdown.
Designate four levels from highest of altitude to lowest for detail, and take a few moments from Obama’s face on the television to show precisely the dangers we keep reading about with no presentations of anything but localized, and carefully staged photographs and captions.
Prove to we the people that Arctic meltdown exists. Show us. Do it as a live presentation so we can see it knowing it’s not a doctored video.
Yeah. It’s a challenge to the Leftists to prove that for once they are NOT lying.
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