Just When You Think Things Can't Get Worse

[Freedom]

You guys are going to be awfully bored in 6 months or so.........

I'll take bored!

Administration and industry officials said oil companies enjoyed similar status in the Chukchi Sea from 1991 to 1996 and in the Beaufort Sea since 1993 and there was no effect on polar bear populations.

So it was okay for prior administrations to allow this, but the BUSH administration does it and it's evil?

Look who is making the claim: Administration and industry officials. Maybe there WAS no effect; but I wouldn't believe believe it from those particular sources.

[Lady's Human]

According to WWF, the population is at 20-25K individuals, which is up from 5K in the '70s. Numbers from the '80s are a subject of debate, as they range from 20-45K.

Being that oil production in the arctic only really took off in the '70s, it looks like the harassment hasn't harmed them at all.

[lizbud]

[QUOTE=Lady's Human;

Being that oil production in the arctic only really took off in the '70s, it looks like the harassment hasn't harmed them at all.[/QUOTE]


It just adds salt to the wounds of this species. Polor bear numbers are
already down from the effects on melting polar ice from global warming
& now what officials are saying is " Don't worry about harming the bears, full
steam ahead" for the Oil & Gas industries.