Polar Bears

Homeless Polar Bears Ask for Change

Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green


Daniel Kessler

Greenpeace, along with well-known street artist Mark Jenkins, launched a collaborative art project this week that shows the shared plight of polar b...

Homeless Polar Bear Spotted in Washington DC - UPDATE: Causes Bomb Scare

George Spyros | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green


George Spyros

As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2008 low, Street Art Project Highlights Shared Fate of Polar Bears, Humanity Greenpeace has unveiled a collaborative art ...

Is a Pig With Lipstick Really Still a Pig?

David Quigg | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics


David Quigg

I don't know why nobody is talking about this. The lunatic controversy over whether Barack Obama called Sarah Palin a pig misses the real point. Look...

Twenty Questions for Sarah Palin

James Heffernan | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


James Heffernan

After taking office when Wasilla owed nothing, why did you leave it with a debt of more than 22 million dollars?

Polar Bears Turn Green In Japan

AP | Posted 10.08.2008 | Green


TOKYO — Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo an...

A Heartbeat Away from Disaster for Animals?

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green


Michael Markarian

Last night in the Twin Cities, the GOP conventioneers were officially introduced to their vice presidential candidate who is, as Fred Thompson said, "...

Sarah Palin's Cruel Streak

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Glenn Hurowitz

One of Palin's first acts in office was to put a $150 bounty on the heads of her state's wolves, allegedly with the goal of increasing the moose and caribou population.

McCain's Deadliest Catch: Polls Say GOP In Deep Water

Beverly Davis | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Palin will now be vetted by the national press and the blogosphere and it won't be pretty. She's got six short weeks to learn foreign and economic policy. The honeymoon is over.

4 Things Sarah Palin Believes About the Environment

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green


Maura Judkis

Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.

Victims of Global Warming: The "Lucky Ones" Got Shot

Laurie David | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green


Laurie David

Not a single chunk of coal is burned for electricity in Iceland. Instead, they power their booming economy with renewable geothermal and hydropower.

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Investigation confirms torture at U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Michael Reagan calls for murder of anti-war activists, Gingrich claims Supreme Court decision will "cost us a city" and $23 billion in lost Iraq funds.

The Funny Lines We Draw Between Cute & Ugly Animals

Graham Hill | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green


Graham Hill

Being green really is about helping nature, and not just about ourselves, so how pretty we think certain animals are shouldn't matter. Cuteness shouldn't factor into life and death decisions.

Governor Sarah Palin Has What It Takes To Be The Next Dick Cheney

Chris Kelly | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


Chris Kelly

The Anchorage Daily News discovered why Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney: She can look you in eye and tell you black is white. Especially when there's oil involved.

The Will to Disbelieve

David Roberts | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


David Roberts

If we acknowledge that polar bears' survival is threatened by global warming, the ESA is far more radical than we dreamed when we passed it.

Oil Execs to Congress: I Drink Your Milkshake

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


Chris Kelly

Supply and demand is one factor in determining price, but another factor used to be called "competition." Again, I'm not an economist, but I'm pretty sure that was supposed to drive prices down.

US Lists Polar Bears As Threatened Species, Joining GOP

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


The U.S. government announced that it will label the polar bear as a threatened species in order to protect it. Coincidentally, this comes right on th...

Polar Bears To Be Protected Species

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living


WASHINGTON — The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cauti...

Bear Hug! (What's With All The Cute Bears?)

NBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Apparently Friday is turning into cute bear day, which we're totally fine with. Enjoy this video of an actual bear hug. http://link.brightcove.c...

Perez Hilton Covers The New German Polar Bear

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


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Vera's Cub: Why Some Mothers Eat Their Young

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Olivia Zaleski

I want this baby polar bear! Well, on second thought, I want this baby polar bear for just a few weeks--before it gets teeth. In a year, that cub w...

It's A Girl! Polar Bear Cub Taken From Mom Is Newest German Star

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Photos provided by the 'Tiergarten Nuernberg' zoo in Germany this week show a polar bear baby sleeping and being bottle fed. The Nuremberg zoo the cub...

Oil In Troubled Waters

Harry Fuller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Harry Fuller

Oil in troubled waters. Death to the polar bears?

Bush Administration Will Offer Oil Leases In Prime Polar-Bear Habitat

Grist.org | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service plans to offer offshore oil and gas drilling rights to 29.7 million acres of Alaska's Chukc...