Hmm, think we’ll see the Usual AGW Suspects excoriating Obama for this? Obama sticks with Bush-era polar bear rule
The Obama administration will retain a Bush-era rule for polar bears, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday, in a move that angered activists who noted the rule limits what can be done to protect the species from global warming.
The administration had faced a weekend deadline to decide whether it should allow government agencies to cite the federal Endangered Species Act, which protects the bear, to impose limits on greenhouse gases from power plants, factories and automobiles even if the emissions occur thousands of miles from where the polar bear lives.
“We must do all we can to help the polar bear recover, recognizing that the greatest threat to the polar bear is the melting of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change,” Salazar said in a statement. “However, the Endangered Species Act is not the proper mechanism for controlling our nation’s carbon emissions.
Who knew we were getting Bush’s third term? Think all the “OMG, the polar bears are DYING!” crowd, such as Bonnie Erbe, will write about how EVIL President Obama is? Will Al Gore go off his meds again and tell us how Obama hates polar bears?
