The global warming deniers at the White House have flip-flopped

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Dec 27, 12:05 PM EST

Polar Bears May Be Listed As Threatened

By JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Polar bears are in deep trouble because of global warming and other factors and deserve federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is proposing Wednesday.

Pollution and overhunting also threaten their existence. Greenland and Norway have the most polar bears, but almost 5,000 live mainly in Alaska and travel to Canada and Russia.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne plans to announce later Wednesday that polar bears should be listed as a "threatened" species on the government list of imperiled species, a department official confirmed Wednesday. The "endangered" category is reserved for species more likely to become extinct. snip

The proposed listing also marks a potentially significant departure for the administration from its cautious rhetoric about the effects of global warming.

President Bush's steadfast refusal to go along with United Nations-brokered mandatory controls on carbon dioxide, the chief global warming gas, has contributed to international tension between the United States and other nations.

[natrat]

1. now its just say one thing do another routine as it is undeniable now

[BuyingThyme]

2. Dirk is just dreamy.

[damntexdem]

3. Yeah, now they'll stop denying that it's real -- and start denying ...

1) that it's caused by human activity;
2) that they're energy and economic policies have anything to do with it; and
3) that anything can be done about it.

[lovuian]

4. Prediction We will be most hated country because of Bush's

failure to sign the Kyoto Treaty

and so much pressure will be applied for US to comply

The OUTRAGE is coming

[Cleita]

5. They must have figured out a way to make money from it. n/t