Nightline next-lawsuit against govt. about global warming,polar bears&

[Algorem]

birds.3 environmental groups today filed suit against government over it

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/press/polarbear12-15-05.html

CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT POLAR BEAR UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Global Warming, Melting Ice Threaten Bear with Extinction

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2005) – Three leading conservation groups filed a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) today, to protect the world’s polar bears from extinction as a result of the disappearing Arctic sea ice that they depend on for hunting, mating and travel. The lawsuit points to extensive scientific evidence showing that the unprecedented polar meltdown is the result of global warming.

The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in San Francisco, one day after scientists released a study documenting that polar bears are drowning as a result of record low sea ice levels off the coast of Alaska. The groups include the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greenpeace.

On Wednesday, scientists with the U.S. Minerals Management Service released a report documenting the deaths of four polar bears found drowned in September 2004, when the sea ice had retreated a record 160 miles north of the northern coast of Alaska. The researchers said that more polar bears may have drowned that have not been found.

“Global warming and rising temperatures in the Arctic jeopardize the polar bear’s very existence,” said Melanie Duchin, a climate campaigner with Greenpeace. “Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice, polar bears could disappear in our lifetime if we don’t take action.”...

[MessiahRp]

1. Bears... #1 on the threatdown...

You're on notice Bears!!

Rp

[linazelle]

2. I posted this today...

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Science/story?id=1407585


Dec. 15, 2005 -- NASA has just announced that for the fourth year in a row, it has recorded the hottest annual global temperatures since reliable records started in the late 1800s.

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...On land, polar bears are clumsy hunters so their existence is threatened as the Arctic keeps melting. Already, field researchers have reported disruptions in the polar bears' well-being — a growing number of females now failing to gain enough weight during the summer to be able to breed. A survey by the U.S. Mineral Management Service has recorded elevated numbers of polar bears drowning. Some have been found swimming far out in the warming Arctic sea as the sea ice pulls back farther from land and the bears try to swim to shore.

[Algorem]

3. This is truly terrifying,as Prince'o'Wales said on 60 Minutes a while back

[newyawker99]

4. What is happening to the environment is frightening.

Is there time to fix it or is it too late?


:-(

[G_j]

5. watching starving polar bears drown

and the US rep at the UN climate talks was essentially nominated by Exxon/Mobil.

they are vampires my friends