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Give the Polar Bear a Fighting Chance
Target: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Sierra Club
Sponsored by: Sierra Club
In May 2008, the Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In October 2009, as required by the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its proposal to designate more than 128 million acres of Alaskan coastline and waters as critical habitat for the polar bear.
You can now submit your comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and let them know that the polar bear needs all the help it can get as it adapts to a warmer Arctic. The designation of this critical habitat is a good first step.
Tell the FWS to give the polar bear a fighting chance by stopping ongoing oil and gas development in the Arctic and taking steps to address climate change!
You can now submit your comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and let them know that the polar bear needs all the help it can get as it adapts to a warmer Arctic. The designation of this critical habitat is a good first step.
Tell the FWS to give the polar bear a fighting chance by stopping ongoing oil and gas development in the Arctic and taking steps to address climate change!
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10:15 pm PST, Dec 16,
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7:49 pm PST, Dec 16,
Tiffany Palmer, Missouri
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7:37 pm PST, Dec 16,
Erin Williams, North Carolina
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6:21 pm PST, Dec 16,
Vanessa Naas, Florida
This is important to me. Please help.
This is important to me. Please help.
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5:24 pm PST, Dec 16,
Alexander Pike, New Mexico
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2:46 pm PST, Dec 16,
Paola Castillo, Mexico
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Patricia Galindo Rooney, Spain
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2:08 pm PST, Dec 16,
Nicolas Koreicho, France
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1:54 pm PST, Dec 16,
Derek Gendvil, Nevada
I please urge the politicians out there that we must protect the polar bear from any more melting. I know we depend on the polar bears in the Arctic to survive, because of where they live. But losing this habitat due to climate change is not a good idea for the bear. We must take fast & responsible action now to save the polar bears from drowning into the melting sea ice & that oil & gas development expoloration in the Arctic will not do. This will make the situation much worse with the bears. This will not go much longer. Please tell them to save the polar bears before it's too late!
I please urge the politicians out there that we must protect the polar bear from any more melting. I know we depend on the polar bears in the Arctic to survive, because of where they live. But losing this habitat due to climate change is not a good idea for the bear. We must take fast & responsible action now to save the polar bears from drowning into the melting sea ice & that oil & gas development expoloration in the Arctic will not do. This will make the situation much worse with the bears. This will not go much longer. Please tell them to save the polar bears before it's too late!
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12:36 pm PST, Dec 16,
Martin T, France
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12:24 pm PST, Dec 16,
Duncan Carson, United Kingdom
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12:13 pm PST, Dec 16,
Patricia Ramirez, Uruguay
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Angela Rhodes, United Kingdom
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11:54 am PST, Dec 16,
Edward Cruz, Texas
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11:37 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, California
Attn: FWS-R7-ES-2009-2042 Dear [Decision Maker], The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken an admirable first step toward protecting the polar bear and helping it adapt to warming conditions in the Arctic. Polar bears are specifically evolved for life in the harsh Arctic environment, a life that is completely dependent on sea-ice. Ice is as a hunting ground, a breeding ground, a migration path, and a denning ground. But due to climate change, the bear is rapidly losing this habitat, and it is crucial to afford it as much protection as possible. This critical habitat designation will accomplish little if we fail to address climate change and reduce other stressors to the bear. It is the combination of these factors that has put the polar bear in the threatened condition that it is today. The most urgent stressor is planned and ongoing oil and gas development in the Arctic. The areas proposed for designation include oil and gas exploration activities. If rigorously enforced, Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act can ensure that these activities do not adversely affect the polar bear's critical habitat. Sincerely, Mairim Frank
Attn: FWS-R7-ES-2009-2042 Dear [Decision Maker], The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken an admirable first step toward protecting the polar bear and helping it adapt to warming conditions in the Arctic. Polar bears are specifically evolved for life in the harsh Arctic environment, a life that is completely dependent on sea-ice. Ice is as a hunting ground, a breeding ground, a migration path, and a denning ground. But due to climate change, the bear is rapidly losing this habitat, and it is crucial to afford it as much protection as possible. This critical habitat designation will accomplish little if we fail to address climate change and reduce other stressors to the bear. It is the combination of these factors that has put the polar bear in the threatened condition that it is today. The most urgent stressor is planned and ongoing oil and gas development in the Arctic. The areas proposed for designation include oil and gas exploration activities. If rigorously enforced, Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act can ensure that these activities do not adversely affect the polar bear's critical habitat. Sincerely, Mairim Frank
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11:29 am PST, Dec 16,
Susan Neifert, Iowa
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10:56 am PST, Dec 16,
John Fredrickson, Colorado
This magnificent species - king of the arctic - have resorted to cannibalism to survive. They are eating their own! How can this continue?
This magnificent species - king of the arctic - have resorted to cannibalism to survive. They are eating their own! How can this continue?
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10:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Monica Crosby, Illinois
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Chris Read, Massachusetts
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Raisa Hammoud, Netherlands Antilles
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Mary Granade, South Carolina
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Ileana Ramos, Costa Rica
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Kees Steketee, Netherlands
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4:31 am PST, Dec 16,
Christell Shadlow, Australia
PUT A STOP TO THE ONGOING OIL AND GAS MINEING HELP US MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR EVERY ONE AND LETS USE THE OTHER SOURCES OF POWER AND SUCH. WE KNOW ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY BUT WHATS MONEY WITH OUT EARTH AND THE WONDERFULL THINGS ON IT HELP THE POLAR BEAR TODAY WITH ONE WORD """STOP"""" AND GIVE BACK
PUT A STOP TO THE ONGOING OIL AND GAS MINEING HELP US MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR EVERY ONE AND LETS USE THE OTHER SOURCES OF POWER AND SUCH. WE KNOW ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY BUT WHATS MONEY WITH OUT EARTH AND THE WONDERFULL THINGS ON IT HELP THE POLAR BEAR TODAY WITH ONE WORD """STOP"""" AND GIVE BACK
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4:27 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
As the ice melts , we must allow them all the ice there still is. Don't get in their way!
As the ice melts , we must allow them all the ice there still is. Don't get in their way!
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4:27 am PST, Dec 16,
Adriana Silva, Brazil
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Srikanth Hj, India
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4:12 am PST, Dec 16,
Akke Hoekstra, Netherlands
I am sure you are able to come up with a win win solution fot both humans and other life forms, like the polar bear. Please let me know your solution as soon as possible. that would make me happier.
I am sure you are able to come up with a win win solution fot both humans and other life forms, like the polar bear. Please let me know your solution as soon as possible. that would make me happier.
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Bodil Ribel, Denmark
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SANDRA ROCHA, Portugal
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1:36 am PST, Dec 16,
Alex T'Pol, Australia
Please protect the polar bears. If we ignore the impact we are having on their habitat, we will lose them. The more animals we lose, the more we impact on the climate of our planet, the more risk we place on our own survival and quality of life. We need to make the changes NOW. Please don't dismiss this.
Please protect the polar bears. If we ignore the impact we are having on their habitat, we will lose them. The more animals we lose, the more we impact on the climate of our planet, the more risk we place on our own survival and quality of life. We need to make the changes NOW. Please don't dismiss this.
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1:06 am PST, Dec 16,
Lori Furaus, North Dakota
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Til Edhel, Russian Federation
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Samantha Vout, Canada
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Shirley Puga, California
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Natalie Vaughn, California
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10:07 pm PST, Dec 15,
Linda Benson, Australia
Polar bears are already threatened by Global warming, they don't need to contend with this too.
Polar bears are already threatened by Global warming, they don't need to contend with this too.
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Kevin A Fraser, Canada
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Ravi Mungur, Mauritius
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Alexander Bulgakov, Russian Federation
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Trina Asselin, Canada
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Mariana Aguila, Mexico
I know that a Mexican citizen doesn´t affect the procedures or the decisions an american service takes. But your country affects the most in oil and gas development and is also the country that could easily change and improve, unlike my country. So please take action that helps polar bears because we all know you can.
I know that a Mexican citizen doesn´t affect the procedures or the decisions an american service takes. But your country affects the most in oil and gas development and is also the country that could easily change and improve, unlike my country. So please take action that helps polar bears because we all know you can.
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Ida Spears, Singapore
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Russ Anderson, Montana
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Lydia Woltjer, California
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Carmen Angela Trinidad, Philippines
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Debbie Palermo, Kansas
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Cassie Schmidt, Israel
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Lauren Sedlacek, Missouri
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Minnie Cass, New York
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Thomas Corbin, Australia
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Alec Salazar, Colorado
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Rhonda Hungerford, New York
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4:34 pm PST, Dec 15,
Ana Molina, California
Please don't wait to start caring about our bears until it is too late!
Please don't wait to start caring about our bears until it is too late!
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3:40 pm PST, Dec 15,
Chris Benson, Australia
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