US accepts threat to polar bears (BA acknowledges global warming for the first time)

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US accepts threat to polar bears (BA acknowledges global warming for the first time)

US accepts threat to polar bears

There are about 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide
The US has proposed listing polar bears as a threatened species because of declining Arctic ice levels.
It is the first time the US has made a direct link between global warming and the threat to a species.

President George W Bush has steadfastly refused to back mandatory controls of emissions of carbon dioxide - believed the main gas behind global warming.

There are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears across the globe, about 4,700 of them in the US state of Alaska.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6213179.stm

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