A Sept 2007 report concluded that "Two-thirds of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050, even under moderate projections for shrinking summer sea ice caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, government scientists reported on Friday."
The Bush Administration listed the polar bear as "threatened" but ruled that the Endangered Species Act could only be applied in the bears' immediate habitat, not to (say) a new coal-fired power plant in California. Earlier this week the Obama administration was debating whether to change that ruling so that the ESA listing had a broader reach.
Yesterday Obama decided to leave it as-is. More evidence, perhaps, of the uphill battle facing climate activists.
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