According topostchronicle.com, throughout the last several decades, one of the environmentalist left’s trademark tactics has been to use symbolism instead of substance. This, as any thinking person already knows, is due to the fact that the extreme left, as it becomes ever more extreme, finds it increasingly difficult to push its agenda based on its own merit. This leaves them little choice but to use smoke and mirrors to foist their remarkably bad ideas on the rest of us. more »

When it comes to bears, the polar species is the new kid on the block. A rare fossil jaw found in Norway has revealed the snowy white bears only split from brown bears a meret 150,000 years ago, which is a blink of an eye in evolutionary terms, says dailymail.co.uk more »

Scientists to set up ice base in northern Canada to examine impact of ocean acidification on the region’s animals and plants,says guardian.co.uk more »

WINNIPEG — The much-touted polar bear summit last year in Winnipeg cost taxpayers at least $115,000 and one prominent scientist says it made no real progress toward saving the iconic animal, vancouversun.com says. more »

CCTV – severe cold in northern hemisphere has revived arguments about climate change. In contrast to the global warming theory, some experts say the warming process has stopped, and the climate is actually becoming cooler. Some experts believe globe oceans experiencing a miniature Ice Age. They even think the cold weather could last for two or three decades.

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An international conservation watchdog has ruled that polar bears aren’t endangered enough to need a global ban on trade that would place their hides in the same category as elephant ivory, according to ctv.ca. The ruling will make it tough for U.S. attempts to use the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to end Canada’s commercial polar bear hunt and will be welcomed by Inuit hunters who depend on the industry for millions of dollars a year.

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According  to mnn.com, the polar bear is perhaps the most quintessential representation of the seriousness that is the climate change problem. As if the fluffy white bears of the north didn’t already have enough to deal with, now they face even greater peril in the form of man-made pollution. more »

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Inuit leaders say a telephone hotline to report polar bear encounters suggests that concern about the health of the animals is overblown. more »