Category: Endangered Species

If Animals Ran Political Ads, What Would They Look Like?

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To draw a bit of fun attention to the polar bear question (should they or should they not be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act due to "global warming"), The National Center for Public Policy Research, in conjunction ...

Who Are These Clowns?

An absolutely wonderful polar bear cartoon. Note the words on the director's bullhorn. Here's the blog of Roger Maynard, the guy who drew it, and some more I like are here, here, here, here, here, and especially here. (Our own ...

Parody Ad Takes Up Cause of Ringed Seals, Says Polar Bear Populations are Prosperous and Growing

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Listing the Polar Bear as "Threatened" Under the ESA Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike; Says New Study Released with the Ad Washington, D.C.: In light of environmentalist campaigns pressuring the Administration to list the polar bear as "threatened" under ...

Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike, by Peyton Knight and Amy Ridenour

Introduction and Summary Few animals capture the imaginations of Americans quite like the polar bear.  Just ask Coca-Cola, whose animated polar bear advertisement has become an annual holiday staple.  Seemingly impervious to the brutal conditions of the Great White North, ...

Video: Don’t List the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act

Listing the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act Because of Projected Future Global Warming Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike Learn more about what's behind efforts to list the polar bear as threatened due to projected future global warming, ...

Listing the Polar Bear Under the ESA Could Spell Disaster

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From Peyton Knight: In reaction to the Bush Administration's deliberation over whether to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act the Natural Resources Defense Council's Andrew Wetzler claims: "There's no reason for them not to finalize that decision ...

Wolf-Protecting Oil Drilling Opponent Rep. George Miller Stands Squarely on Both Sides of the Caribou-Protection Issue

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From Roll Call, a story about a generous offer by Alaska Rep. Don Young to the very liberal Rep. George Miller: Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) wants California Democrat George Miller’s district to go to the wolves. Young sent a 'Dear ...

Some of Us Support Species, While Others Support the Endangered Species Act

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In an article reviewing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's new book, "A Contract With the Earth," Salon refers to The National Center for Public Policy Research thusly: Gingrich also inspired the wrath of some conservative think tanks for defending the ...

Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species?

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While secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Small violated federal bird protection regulations when he imported Amazonian tribal art that, unbeknownst to him, contained feathers of endangered birds. Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species? The government entrusted Lawrence M. Small, ...

The “Collaboration for the Recovery of Endangered Species Act”: An Analysis of the Senate Proposal to Reform the Endangered Species Act, by Peyton Knight

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation designed to reform the Endangered Species Act.  Dubbed the "Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act," and commonly referred to as TESRA, the measure would place authentic property rights protections for American ...

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