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Yosemite National Park Rangers Honored With Valor Awards from the Department of the Interior

Nine Yosemite rangers received Valor Awards from Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne at the 65th Annual Honor Awards Convocation in Washington DC on May 13, 2008.

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It's All Wrong; It's Alright

Two months ago, Jessica Pupovac wrote a piece for us about the Department of the Interior's auctioning off of almost 30 million acres of prime polar bear habitat to oil companies in February, as well as the DOI's decision in January to postpone its ruling on whether polar bears deserve status as an "endangered" species. (Any hint that there might be perhaps some connection between these...

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Climate Contrast: Of Polar Bears and Power Plants

by Lisa Heinzerling Yesterday, the Department of the Interior finally coughed up its decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The decision is notable for its acknowledgement that climate change is melting the bear's habitat and that greenhouse gases are (at least partly) to blame. At the same time, however, the Department also issued...

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The Greening of the Polar Bear

This week, the Department of the Interior caved in to the Greenbats by declaring a thriving species “endangered.” From Planet Gore: Polar Bears: More Journalistic Malpractice [Henry Payne] How do you declare a species endangered when its numbers are increasing? Once again, my profession — journalism — failed its fundamental duty to report the facts Wednesday as [...]

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Secretary Kempthorne Announces Decision to Protect Polar Bears under Endangered Species Act

Secretary Kempthorne Announces Decision to Protect Polar Bears under Endangered Species Act Source: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [...]

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White House says protect energy, then polar bear

The Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramat ...

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The Lumbering Delicacy: Tasty Polar Bear Recipes

Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared the polar bear a "threatened" species, citing melting sea ice and a population explosion among the noble animal's only natural predator. Illustrating a rare mastery of causality, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne conceded that, ''This listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice from melting." What the listing...

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Polar bears join threatened list

ASHINGTON-- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that the agency will list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that could cast the bears as the enduring symbol of the effects of global warming.

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Polar bears join 'threatened' list

ASHINGTON-- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that the agency will list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that could cast the bears as the enduring symbol of the effects of global warming.

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Polar Bear Listed as a “Threatened Species” by the US Department of the Interior

Polar Bear Listed as a “Threatened Species” by the US Department of the Interior UPDATE 1: Sierra Club just released this statement and this to say on their blog. UPDATE 2: Joe Romm at Climate Progress on the issue. UPDATE 3: And Michelle (predictable as always) Malkin blames the decision on Enviro Nit-wits. She [...]

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Expanding Polar Bear Population Living on Expanding Polar Ice are Now a Threatened Species

This story actually makes me angry. The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and [...]

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US says polar bears are threatened species

The United States Department of the Interior today listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), due to the melting of Arctic sea ice that is the bears’ habitat. The announcement of the listing was made by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. In making the announcement, Kempthorne said he wishes to [...]

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Bearly legal

By Kate Sheppard Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was flanked by two large television screens rolling video of polar bears as he discussed his department's decision Wednesday to declare the bears "threatened." The video bears -- and the bears in the many photos on display at the press conference -- were fat and happy, wrestling on solid ice floes and devouring the flesh of prey. But environmentalists...

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Under pressure from courts, public opinion, Feds list polar bear as threatened

The Department of the Interior explains : Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens and...

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Polar bears ‘threatened’

As of today, the American Department of the Interior has listed the polar bear as a ‘threatened’ species, on account of the ongoing disappearance of the Arctic ice cap. In making the announcement, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne stressed that the decision is not meant to compel the regulation of greenhouse gasses: Listing the polar [...]