Polar Bear Death Caused By Global Warming? - Impact Politics

According to the World Wildlife Fund, about 20 polar bear populations exist, accounting for 22,000 polar bears worldwide. Of those populations only two, about 16.4 percent of the total population, are decreasing. Meanwhile, 10 populations representing 45.4 percent of the total population are stable, and 2 populations amounting to 13.6 percent of the number of polar bears are increasing. The status of the remaining populations is unknown.

"This [the Arctic Assessment] is nothing more than a poorly designed attempt to implement the Kyoto Protocol through the back door," said Knight, director of environmental affairs at the National Center for Public Policy Research. "You don't list endangered species based on speculative predictions," said Knight; "you list them because there are small numbers of the species and the numbers are in fact dwindling. This is not called the 'someday-might-possibly-become-endangered-if-our-speculative-claims-prove-true' list." Edited From...