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Secretary Kempthorne announces that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat.

The Jack Johnson's and the Radioheads are not the only ones trying to make a difference.  Stereo equipment manufacturers are developing new technologies to drastically reduce power consumption of stereos, while you're playing 'Sleeping through the Static' and 'In Rainbows'.  Special circuits that reduce power and heat are now being included -- keeping $'s in your pocket, and helping our environment at the same time.

Author Ben Bova has spun a story that is fiction, but very well reflects todays power play for new energy forms. Scary power play by the energy giants....

Sen. Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,  and other Senators respond to White House editing of the testimony given by Dr. Julie Gerberding, on the health effects of climate change on public health.