Take Action for the Center for Biological Diversity

Polar bears are dying. As global warming accelerates, the sea ice they depend on for survival is literally melting away. Bears are starving and drowning as they have to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Some are even turning to cannibalism in a desperate search for food. Those trapped on land hundreds of miles from the nearest ice often wander near villages in search of food and are shot.

As if that weren’t enough, oil and gas drilling is destroying and polluting their fast-dwindling Arctic habitat.

A third of all polar bears — including all bears in Alaska — will be extinct by 2050 if current trends continue. The rest of the species will be gone by the end of the century.

But it’s not too late to save the polar bear if we join together and take immediate action. The science is clear. We know what needs to be done — we just need to build the political support to do it.

Please sign the petition below to encourage President Barack Obama to rein in global warming and save the polar bear now.

Watch the Center for Biological Diversity's polar bear ads and sign the petition

PETITION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: SAVE THE POLAR BEAR
 
Dear Mr. President:
 
The world’s inhabitants — people, animals, and plants — are relying on you to take immediate measures to stop the climate crisis in its tracks. Please do everything in your power to fully enforce existing environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, and National Environmental Policy Act to curb greenhouse gas emissions now.
 
Please take swift action to:
 
• Establish strong national and international goals for greenhouse emission reductions, ensuring that atmospheric carbon levels be reduced to no more than 350 parts per million.
 
• Pass a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat. Encourage other nations to do the same.
 
• Prohibit the building of new coal-fired power plants and replace existing plants with clean, renewable energy sources.
 
• Lead the nation in a rapid, large-scale effort to conserve energy, improve fuel efficiency, and operationalize clean energy technologies.
 
We’re depending on you to have the courage to take on the biggest crisis in human history without flinching.
 
Signed,

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Number	Date	Name	Location
60116	November 21, 2009	Quentin Fischer	Houston, TX, US
60115	November 21, 2009	Robert McNutt	Martinez, CA, US
60114	November 21, 2009	jennifer grant	phoenix, AZ, US
60113	November 21, 2009	Rose Etherton	Chicago, IL, US
60112	November 21, 2009	maria Lucas	Crestview, FL, US
60111	November 21, 2009	John Tissavary	Los Angeles, CA, US
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60105	November 21, 2009	Trevolyn Haines	Chino Hills, CA, US
60104	November 21, 2009	Juanita Pacheco	Tucson, AZ, US
60103	November 21, 2009	Annette Grohman	Bronx, NY, US
60102	November 21, 2009	K.L. Dickey	Merritt Island, FL, US
60101	November 21, 2009	Roberto Angarita Vargas	Bogotá D. C., Colombia, CO
60100	November 21, 2009	Linda Norris	Troy, VA, US
60099	November 21, 2009	David Mazure	Mars Hill, NC, US
60098	November 21, 2009	Terrance Hutchinson	California City, CA, US
60097	November 21, 2009	David Romportl	St Louis Park, MN, US
60096	November 21, 2009	Cheryl Vallone	Ashland, MA, US
60095	November 21, 2009	Margaret Laut	Dix Hills, NY, US
60094	November 21, 2009	Robyn Cleaves	University Place, WA, US
60093	November 21, 2009	trine kindtler	ryomgård, DK
60092	November 21, 2009	sally abrams	san francisco, CA, US

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