According to the National Academy of Sciences, 70% of all marine life is somehow dependent on sea grass beds for their existence. They provide a habitat and food for various forms of endangered marine life and absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide. Sea grass beds reduce the wave energy that reaches coastlines, increases water quality [...]
How to deal with Polar Bears
It’s an interesting situation now that the US has named polar bears as a “Threatened” Species. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said that “the loss of Arctic sea ice in a warming climate could drive them to the brink of extinction in less than four decades”. Kempthorne goes on to say that in saving the polar [...]
Protecting the Use of Oil Commodities or Polar Bears?
A recent article from the Associate Press titled “Decision on Listing Polar Bear Postponed” got to me this morning. The article opens by saying that the federal government needs a few more weeks to decide whether not to list polar bears for protection under the Endangered Species Act because of the destruction of their habitat [...]
