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Polar Bear Threatened Listing Weakened by Contradictions
Despite the acknowledgment that the polar bear is threatened, the administration disturbingly states that there is insufficient data to establish a causal connection between industrial facilities that release global warming pollution and the disappearance of Arctic sea ice. The administration is missing the bigger picture and avoiding the gravity of the global warming crisis. The contradictions in this listing demonstrate that the administration is running away from the real consequences of its decision. This listing highlights the critical need for U.S. leadership in capping global warming pollution.
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California Fish & Wildlife Feeling the Heat
Sacramento, CA (May 1) – Global warming is already taking a toll on California’s waterways and the outdoor recreation economy they sustain, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation and the Planning and Conservation League Foundation. If business continues as usual, spring-run Chinook salmon could disappear from the Central Valley, according to new peer-reviewed scientific data.
At risk are river, wetland, and coastal habitats, home to fish, waterfowl, and other birds that annually contribute to $8.2 billion of spending in California and attract more than 8.1 million wildlife watchers, 1.7 million anglers and 284,000 hunters.
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Global Warming Heats Up Urgency of Salmon Recovery Efforts
Federal efforts to recover endangered salmon on the Columbia and Snake rivers can no longer ignore global warming, which already has fundamentally changed the river and ocean habitats of salmon and steelhead, warns a new scientific review released today.
The report is the latest to reaffirm that global warming’s effects are underway with worse changes to come. It is the first to offer federal managers a set of strategic global warming solutions necessary for the recovery of endangered Columbia and Snake river salmon and steelhead and the communities and industries that depend on them.
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America's Sportsmen Target Global Warming
More than 670 hunting and fishing organizations from all 50 states, representing the millions of Americans who share America’s sporting tradition, are urging their U.S. Senators and Representatives to target global warming with strong climate legislation.
“America’s sportsmen have a special connection to the outdoors, and for that reason we are on the front lines of global warming,” said Larry Schweiger, President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation.
“This is not a matter of liberal versus conservative,” said Simon Roosevelt, sportsman and great-great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Hundreds of Scientists Call on Congress to Help Wildlife Survive Global Warming
More than 600 prominent scientists from across the United States are calling on Congress to pass legislation that will curb America’s global warming pollution and help protect wildlife and other natural resources threatened by global warming. Spearheaded by some of America’s greatest scientific minds, including Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson, Thomas Lovejoy, Paul Ehrlich and Camille Parmesan, the scientists have sent a letter to Congress urging action.
“The science is irrefutable not only about the reality of climate change, but also that plant and animal species are already being harmed by it,” said Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, renowned conservation biologist and president of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. “Alarming effects are already being observed in nature from mountaintops to the oceans, and from the equator to the polar regions. We have the choice to allow these effects to intensify or to move to avoid the more disastrous consequenc...
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