Polar bears can't wait for the next U.S. President

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds. It is also the most important onshore denning habitat for America's vanishing polar bears.

But this natural treasure is constantly under siege. Time and time again, the oil industry and their allies in Congress have sought to open this special place to harmful new drilling, threatening all of the wildlife that depend on it for survival.

And now President Bush has called for drilling in the Arctic Refuge by 2010 in his new budget proposal!

We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge! Urge your Representative to support the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39) to permanently protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/567728305?z00m=13961534

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America's wolves need our help!

In the past five years, more than 700 Alaskan wolves have been brutally slaughtered by gunners in aircraft. Now another season of aerial gunning is underway. With your help, we can stop this awful practice!

http://action.defenders.org/site/PageServer?pagename=savewolves_homepage

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Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences. The results of the assessment were released at the ACIA International Scientific Symposium held in Reykjavik, Iceland in November 2004.

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum. The members are Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States of America. IASC is a non-governmental organization that facilitates cooperation in all aspects of arctic research in all countries engaged in arctic research and in all areas of the arctic region.

The ACIA Secretariat was hosted at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Funding for the Secretariat was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

http://www.acia.uaf.edu/

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[Rajnoma]

I totally disagree with the comments below! Polar bears are growing thinner now and have less access to feeding grounds because the Arctic Ice Cap IS melting! Where did you get your information? You must work for oil & gas companies! SAVE THE POLAR BEAR NOW!

[FundoElCoco]

It is also the most important onshore denning habitat for America's vanishing polar bears.

And now President Bush has called for drilling in the Arctic Refuge by 2010 in his new budget proposal!

We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge!

[cfb36]

people like you are the reason gas prices are so high

[iEatDeadDeer]

I'm sorry maa'm. But your comeents are bass ackwards. To call her a bigot is a little out there. Asking "Who is Obam" was a political ploy. As far as reading, in Alaska, the people do not have access to the same tabloid BS that we are subjected to. C'mon... do you HONESTLY believe that she had no idea who Obama was? You need to calm down and take a breather. I didn't vote because there wasn't a worthy candidate. I thank you for your input, but get with the program.

[Clydene]

On her ability to read, she had to hire three people to read the report from the US Wild Life service. Additionally, please read the transcript from Katie Couric's interview where she cannot name ONE NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE she has or CAN READ.

Before believing in that STUPID BIGGOTED BITXX perhaps you should do some research.

She kept asking "WHO IS BARACK OBAMA" at her public appearances, maybe if she READ A NEWSPAPER she would know who he was.

[iEatDeadDeer]

hmmm.... I think you are mistaken. Give me a link where she said she wanted to hunt Polar Bears from the sky.... And I do believe that she can read. All in all, who cares? She's not in the White House and nor will she ever be. Show me some PROOF that she cannot read.... This is ridiculous that you would make allegations such as this without offering proof of said allegations. I would also suggest that you do your homework on the matter before posting.

[Clydene]

More importantly she is using her office to furhter her own agenda of hunting polar bears. LOOK WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO WOLVES. It was disgusting to see her wearing a polar bear pin during the election. Since we knew she tried to get he polar bear taken off the protected list. And you should read more about what she has done to the Beluga Whale population in Alaska. The oil and mining run off into their water is killing them.

[Clydene]

They are on the protected list, and and that BITXX Palin wants to allow them to be hunted by airplanes just like the wolves. SHE IS STUPID, she had 3 Scientists read the environmental reports and tell her that the polar bears would be extinct by 2050. LOOK SHE IS SO STUPID SHE THOUGHT AFRICA WAS A COUNTRY and not a Continent. SHE CANT EVEN READ!

[iEatDeadDeer]

polar bears aren't on the endangered species list in the first place.

[philp530]

Sarah Palin wants to murder polar bears for oils stop this BS

[EngineerFromGermany]

Palin wants to take Polarbears from the endagered Species list to drill for oil

[countbad]

No offense but environmentalists should focus their effort and money on protecting the rainforests. Protecting the home to tens of thousands of species is a much greater priority then saving the few score of arctic species. How much effort is spent protecting virtual deserts while the Amazon burns?