The AP is reporting that Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to explore oil even if “small numbers of polar bears or Pacific walruses are incidentally harmed.” How nice. Here’s another example of President Bush putting the interests of the oil companies ahead of environmental concerns. It’s been less than a month since polar [...]
Girls Like Boys With Fuel Efficient Cars
June 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Girls have always been attracted to the vehicles that guys drive. When I was in high school a guys name and the vehicle he drove were almost always mentioned in the same sentence. The vehicles that were most admired, and envied, were big trucks and souped-up sports cars that guzzled gas. Things have changed. A [...]
The United States Lists Polar Bears As A Threatened Species
May 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Interior Department of the United States declared the polar bear a threatened species on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. They did so because of the large loss of Arctic sea ice over the last three decades and because of projections of continued losses of it; making the polar bear in danger of becoming extinction. It [...]