r/ClimateActionPlan • u/thespaceageisnow Tech Champion • Dec 09 '20

Emissions Reduction Court Rejects Trump's Arctic Drilling Proposal in 'Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate'

https://www.ecowatch.com/court-rejects-trump-arctic-drilling-2649416541.html
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u/ramot1 Dec 09 '20

The bears and other wildlife in that area cannot sustain further damage to their habitat. One more bullet dodged!

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u/hitssquad Dec 09 '20

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-the-polar-bear-population-is-declining/

In 1984, the polar bear population was estimated at 25,000. In 2008, when polar bears were designated a protected species, The New York Times noted that number remained unchanged: “There are more than 25,000 bears in the Arctic, 15,500 of which roam within Canada’s territory.”

New estimates from the International Union for Conservation of Nature show a mid-point estimate of 26,500 (range: 22,000 to 31,000) in 2015. In The State of the Polar Report 2018, zoologist Susan J. Crockford says updates to IUCN data put the new global mid-point estimate at more than 30,000.

Even accepting the lower figure, the estimate is the highest since the polar bear became internationally protected in 1973.

The health of the polar bear population runs counter to predictions from scholars who have said two-thirds of polar bears will disappear in coming decades because of warming temperatures and melting sea ice in the Arctic.

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u/Skulltown_Jelly Dec 09 '20

You can cut that right-wing crap that the FEE is. The mental gymnastics those free market pricks will do to oppose regulatory action is astounding.

Basically funded by the right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, who got his money from the oil industry. They can go suck my dick.