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Bush Admin Gives Big Oil “Blank Check to Harass the Polar Bear”
From the Associated Press: Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural… Read more >
An Arctic Tale
From Paramount Classics and National Geographic Films–the people who brought you March of the Penguins–Arctic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu,… Read more >
Alaskan Teens Shedding Light on Global Warming Solutions
Teenagers with the National Wildlife Federation’s Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) recently started a great campaign to get Alaska residents to reduce their global warming pollution with the 3-2-1 Pledge, where signers commit to: 3) Change three incandescent lights… Read more >
Rush is Mush: Limbaugh Denies Global Warming Impact on Polar Bears
Poor Rush. He’s now reduced to calling weathermen liars and people who care about the plight of the polar bear wackos. Next he’ll be stealing candy from babies. Now, if the polar bears are disappearing and you’re up there on… Read more >
Polar Bears Threatened by Global Warming?
The Bush administration is continuing to “look into” the potential problem of global warming, announcing today that polar bears might need to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because their habitat is melting away. Washington Post: “Identifying… Read more >
Arctic Safe and Sound?
It looks like even our favorite Hulk-tie-wearing Senator has acknowledged that opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling will become even more difficult with the newly elected Democratic majority… ANWR’s future is fuzzy in light of new majority… Read more >
Let’s Move “Beyond Petroleum” Already!
After sitting through Tuesday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on BP’s recent pipeline failure up in Prudhoe Bay, I was left wondering if anything would ever change. Sure, even the pro-drilling senators were up in (BP Execs) Bob… Read more >
Will U.S. Run Amuck on Teshekpuk?
Even after all the troubles with the BP pipeline in Alaska this past month, the Bush administration is not slowing down its drill, drill, drill mentality when it comes to the Arctic’s wild lands. Up next on the chopping block?… Read more >
Grassroots or Astroturf?
Warning. A public relations firm hired four months ago by the Alaska State Legislature–see story here–could be coming soon to a media outlet near you. Pac/West Communications set up a smoke-and-mirrors group called “Americans for American Energy.” Already, this “grass… Read more >
