{"id":27461,"date":"2008-10-08T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:45","slug":"2461-us-has-two-years-to-create-critical-polar-bear-habitats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2461-us-has-two-years-to-create-critical-polar-bear-habitats\/","title":{"rendered":"US has two years to create critical polar-bear habitats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oil drilling is the most significant source of habitat loss for polar bears and after global warming, which has been causing significant
\nmelting of Arctic ice in recent years.<\/p>\n

Three environmental organisations — the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council — are
\nstill suing the interior department to mandate the regulation of greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide and other gases are considered the
\nprimary sources of the rising temperatures leading to habitat loss for Arctic wildlife. The environmental groups also want to have polar
\nbears listed as "endangered", a more critical classification than the current "threatened".<\/p>\n

Oil companies are increasingly turning to the Arctic waters as
\npotentially lucrative areas for drilling.<\/p>\n

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