To help prevent the sea-ice habitat of three Arctic pinnipeds from becoming a slushy, polluted industrial zone, late last week the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for delaying Endangered Species Act protections for the bearded, ringed, and spotted seals. In May 2008 we petitioned to protect the seals from global warming, increasing oil development in their habitat, and other threats, and while the agency has since found that all three seals may deserve federal protection, it failed to make a decision on that protection before its one-year legal deadline. "Unfortunately," said Center lawyer Rebecca Noblin, "the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shown the same disregard for the law under the Obama administration as it did under Bush. Federal officials should not be allowed to view compliance with legal deadlines as optional."
The bearded, ringed, and spotted seals all need sea ice to survive, but global warming is rapidly depleting that ice -- also critical to the famous polar bear, for which the Center is still working at full tilt. To educate the public about the polar bear's plight, we created two heartbreaking TV ads showing warming's devastating effect on the bears (and the planet). Polar bears are dying, but it's not too late to help them and the entire Arctic ecosystem.
Watch these gripping TV ads, share them with everyone you know, and take action for polar bears now. Then read the latest on the Arctic seals in USA Today. So SAVE THE SPECIES, SAVE THE WORLD!.
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