GLOBAL WARMING POSSIBLY ENDANDERING SEALS

Topic: Dept. of the Interior, Environment, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration, Once in a Lifetime
27. March 2008
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering whether to put four different kinds of seals in the Bering Strait on the endangered species list because of melting ice. The Washington Post’s Juliet Elperin points out that the seals may not be the first arctic victim of global warming: The Interior Dept. has delayed a ruling on whether the polar bear is endangered.

The issue of whether to call these animals endangered is apropos not only of the White House’s global warming policy but their reluctance to put animals on the endangered list. A Post article this Sunday said that George W. Bush’s administration had classified about as many species endangered in his seven years as president (about 60) as his father did each year.  Read Eilperin here.  MB

One Response to “GLOBAL WARMING POSSIBLY ENDANDERING SEALS”

  1. Miguel:

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