Governor: Alaska to challenge polar bear listing

[Terri]

By DAN JOLING
Associated Press
May 22, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polarbears as a threatened species, Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday.

She and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polarbear habitat off the state's northern and northwestern coasts.

Palin argued that there is not enough evidence to support a listing. Polarbears are well-managed and their population has dramatically increased over 30 years as a result of conservation, she said.

Climate models that predict continued loss of sea ice, the main habitat of polarbears, during summers are unreliable, said Palin, a Republican.

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[FlaJim]

Gov. Palin is absolutely correct to oppose this boneheaded decision that simply isn't supported by the facts.

First, the polar bear population has increased by 200% in the past 15 years, according to a Canadian study released in March.

Second, that same study also showed that original estimates of a shrinking ice cap were completely wrong and measurements are within 10% of historic levels. Earlier estimates were based on computer models, not on empirical evidence.

Third, both of these premises, first promulgated by Algore, have been dicounted in a British court and labeled as propaganda.

[schillerbjr]

Governor Palin, a "GREAT AMERICAN".

[Simmering]

Good for Gov Palin to go after the baloney that passes for reality in Washington.

Here's a tip for her.....We all know that this designation was passed as a feel good measure. I mean, who can resist the site of cute baby polar bears?

I say fight fire with fire. Point out that if the polar bear population is allowed to grow, it will threaten baby seal populations! What's cuter than a baby polar bear? A BABY SEAL!

One picture of a baby seal being devoured by a polar bear will change the mind of all these squishy liberals.

[Engineer Scott]

Polar bears get trapped on ice floes all the time too. Every few years one ends up in Iceland. Found that in a book about the country published 50 years ago.

Scotty

[candles]

Gov. Palin to right to challenge the lising of the polar bears as threatened species. The brain dead in DC should know that the population of the polar bears growing.