Estimated Population: 22,000-27,000/3,000-5,000 in Alaska
Today Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the issuance of a new regulation further weakening the protections polar bears receive under the Endangered Species Act. The regulation, known as a "4(d) Rule," for section 4(d) of the...
We unveiled a collaborative art project with well-known street artist Mark Jenkins. The project highlighted the shared plight of polar bears and humans in the face of global warming. We hope these polar bear street art installations help people...
“Secretary Salazar’s failure to rescind this regulation only serves to cement the Bush administration’s legacy of ignoring global warming science, thus putting the polar bear at further risk of extinction,” said Melanie Duchin, Greenpeace’s...
With Arctic sea ice at near record lows, Greenpeace today unveiled a collaborative art project with well-known street artist Mark Jenkins to highlight the shared plight of polar bears and humanity in the face of global warming.
A Greenpeace activist was arrested today for peacefully protesting the Bush Administration’s delay in issuing a final Endangered Species Act listing for the polar bear due to global warming. The activist, dressed in a polar bear suit, initiated a...
On a recent visit to Baffin Island, the crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise got some amazing new shots of a polar bear on an ice floe. Which one is your favorite? Want to take a minute and help us protect polar bears and...
Following a three-year legal battle to protect the polar bear from extinction due to global warming, three environmental groups won protection for the species with the announcement today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the...
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken has ordered the Bush Administration to make a final decision about listing the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a ruling that could finally end the administration’s deliberate stalling of the...
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