The online petition goes to Texas. I suggest taking a moment to make the request of your own Representative and both Senators, here in the States.

Watts Up With That?

More Research Finds Polar Bears’ Condition Unaffected by Reduced Summer Sea Ice.

Guest essay by Jim Steele

Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism

Reasons to Petition Congress to Investigate USGS’ Dubious Polar Bear Claims

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Although the Inuit steadfastly claim it is “the time of the most polar bears”, the most recent IUCN polar bear assessment predicts a 30% drop in the global polar bear population by mid‑century by assuming a linear correlation between summer sea ice melt and polar bear survival. They suggest bears “require sea ice to hunt” and thus predict less sea ice will prevent access to their preferred prey.

However, polar bear ecology and observations contradict that simplistic assertion. As listed below the current alarming predictions are due to extremely biased models and critical sins…

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