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Paul Nicklen's Polar Obsession Photos

Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Photography, Leopard Seal, Slidepoll, Antarctica, National Geographic, Penguin, Polar Bear, Animals, Canada, Arctic, Narwhals, Norway, Paul Nicklen, Polar Obsession, Polar Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Bull Walrus, Environment, Green News

Renowned National Geographic extreme photojournalist Paul Nicklen has released a new book titled Polar Obsession, which chronicles his expedition unde...

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Teen Stranded On Ice Floe With Polar Bears Is Rescued By Parachuters

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Survival Story, Paratroopers, Coral Harbour Resuce, Nunavut, Stranded Teen, Rescue, Ice Floe, Polar Bears, Hudson Bay, Parachute, Canada, Corl Harbor, World News

CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut — Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapp...

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Melting Ice Leaves Polar Bears Desperate For Any Food

Features | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Seals, Melting Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Animals, Global Warming, Green News

With no sign of their usual prey - seals resting on the ice - this female and her two cubs are forced to swim for miles, then trudge across the Alaska...

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The Animal World Celebrates Halloween! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Animals Celebrate Halloween, Halloween, Animals, Moose, Gorillas, Slidepoll, Green News

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Polar Bears Vs. Development In Alaska

nytimes.com | Stefan Milkowski | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Governor Parnell, Threatened Species, Climate Change, Polar Bears, Endangered Species, Alaska, Animals, Development, Global Warming, Green News

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell vowed last week to keep fighting the 2008 listing of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, even as federal manager...

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Walking Down the Avenue

Carl Pope | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Bill, Kerry-Boxer, James Inhofe, Climate Change, John Kerry, Epa, Waxman-Markey, Polar Bears, Green News

While we should applaud the Administration for doing what the law and common sense require to protect the polar bear, we mustn't lose sight of the larger remaining challenges.

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The U.S. Takes the Lead in Restricting Polar Bear Hunting and International Trade

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Natural Resources Defense Council, Polar Bears, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nrdc, Canada, Green News

Obama, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar all deserve enormous credit for taking this step, which wasn't easy and is sure to irritate our friend to the north, Canada.

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Al Gore And Phelim McAleer Spar Over Global Warming: Climate Change Denier Challenges Gore (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Not Evil Just Wrong, Al Gore, Climate Change Deniers, Phelim McAleer, Philip McAleer, Polar Bears, Polar Bear Myth, An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change, Climate Change Skeptics, Green News

On Friday at The Society Of Environmental Journalists conference, Al Gore got caught up in the increasingly common "town hall" moment with independent...

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Chill Out: An Economic Triage for Global Climate Change

Michael Shermer | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: A Question of Balance, Global Warming, William Nordhaus, Copenhagen Consensus, Global Climate Change, Skeptical Environmentalist, Polar Bears, Bjorn Lomborg, Green News

If global warming continues unchecked through the end of the century there will be 400,000 more heat-related deaths annually; there will also be 1.8 million fewer cold-related deaths, for a net gain of 1.4 million lives.

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Green Commercials (VIDEO)

Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Commercials, Wind Energy, World Wildlife Fund, Green Ads, Advertising, Toyota Prius, Polar Bears, Environmental Ads, Animals, Wwf, Go Green, Video, Green News

We rounded up some cute, clever, and funny green-themed commercials for your viewing pleasure. Watch and tell us which commercial gets its message acr...

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Alaska's Walruses High and Dry: (1st of 5)

Giles Slade | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Megan Fox, Polar Bears, Alaska, John Lennon, Chris Bucci, Wildfires, California Drought, Obama, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Pacific Walruses, Climate Change, Green News

Pacific Walruses are a pagophilic (ice-loving) species whose livelihood and well-being depend on sea ice as a platform from which they dive to the ocean floor of the continental shelf to retrieve food.

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Obama to Join the Republican Party?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Gop, Reagan Administration, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Satan, Change, Unemployment, Gay Rights, Bailout, Conservatives, Condoleezza Rice, Climate Change, Single Payer, Abraham Lincoln, Fatal Attraction, Polar Bears, Mount Rushmore, Health Care, Michael Steele, Michelle Obama, Elephants, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Moderates, Bush Administration, Health Care Reform, Afghanistan, Bipartisanship, Republicans, Partisanship, Diversity, Republican National Convention, Comedy News

Barack Obama has tried to make the GOP happy. He appointed Republicans to high posts, expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and never pushed for a single-payer health plan

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In Harm's Way: The Arctic Wild

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Interior Department, Arctic Ocean, Oil, Chukchi Sea, Polar Bears, Ken Salazar, Arctic, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

Obama's crucial decisions will determine whether America's Arctic will survive and thrive or be sacrificed to destructive and dangerous oil and gas drilling.

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Polar Passion: Knut The Bear To Get Italian Girlfriend

AFP | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bear Love, Hellabrunn Zoo, Animal Love, Green News, Green, Knut-Polar-Bear, Knut the Polar Bear, Polar Bears, Berlin-Zoo, Knut Polar Bear, Gianna Polar Bear, Animals, Cute Animals, Green News

The two-year-old Gianna, named after Italian rock singer Gianna Nannini, will be moved from Hellabrunn zoo in Munich and introduced to the strapping s...

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This Week In Animals: Polar Bears, Tiny Animals, Smart Llamas And More! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

HuffPost Green posted some wild animal stories this week, which we hope you enjoyed. Click through our slideshow for a refresher and don't forget to v...

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Polar Bear Beats The Heat With An Icy Treat (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Knut Und Seine Freunde, Slidepoll, German Films, Bear, Polar Bear, Summer Heat, Animals, Tokyo, Zoo, Polar Bears, Cute Animal Pictures, Cute Animals, Bears, Animal, Cute, Slideshow, Green News

A male polar bear Yukio tries to eat vegetables inside a block of ice presented to promote the German polar bear film 'Knut und seine Freunde' and to ...

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Whitewashing the Polar Bear Trophy Imports

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polar Bears, Climate Change, Safari Club, Trophy Hunting, Don Young, Animals, Global Warming, Politics News

Allowing imports, driven by personal stories, has always been the tack of the trophy hunting groups and it's precisely what has allowed mass killings of polar bears by Americans to occur.

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7 American Species Threatened By Global Warming (SLIDESHOW)

Environmental Defense Fund | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Polar Bears, Sugar Maple, Endangered Species, Species, Global Warming, Slideshow, Green News

Global warming is already starting to have a severe effect on our environment. The Environment Defense Fund has picked seven "ambassador species" -- l...

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An Arctic Agenda for Secretary Salazar

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska, Ken Salazar, Shell Oil, Arctic, Environment, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Oil Drilling, Global Warming, Green News

Here's what the President and Sec. Salazar can do to make a decisive break from the "drill here, drill now" policies of the Bush administration and show Americans a new day has dawned in the Arctic.

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Fear and Looting in America: Krugman Takes on Globalization?

Les Leopold | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Unemployment, United Steelworkers, Free Trade, Financial Crisis, Polar Bears, Paul Krugman, Protectionism, Global Warming, China, Green News

We need to a new way to look at protectionism -- one that both protects the globe and that protects jobs.

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Tales from the Arctic and Obama's Polar Bear Decision

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Polar Bears Endangered, Global Warming, Arctic Ice Melt, Arctic, Green News

A monumental and potentially catastrophic change is happening in the North, and yet most of us have no idea what it looks like or what it means for our lives down here.

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Green News Report - May 12, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Green News, Polar Bears, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Oceans, Green News Report, Coal, Endangered Species Act, Solar Power, Green News

In Today's Audio Report: Obama abandons polar bears, but exposes hidden Bush EPA study detailing cancer risks from coal ash; The highest ski run in the world, melted; Plus: The awesome new Clean Coal ringtones you've been waiting for!

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Wanton Predator?

Paula Gordon | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Secretary of the Interior, Wolves, Polar Bears, Biophilia, Ken Salazar, Ecologies, Scat-Wits, Endangered Species Act, Green News

The Obama Administration's abandonment of two vital keystone species to a handful of irresponsible killers makes it hard to choose between appalling and outrageous.

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Problem for Polar Bears: A Disappointing Ruling from Department of Interior

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Seaice, Polarbear, Globalwarming, Endangeredspeciesact, 4(D)rule, Climate Change, Polar Bears, Endangered Species, Animals, Bears, Green News

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has basically endorsed Bush's policy of excluding the effects of global warming pollution on polar bears from consideration under the Endangered Species Act.

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