Been watching this story? I have. The Bush administration finally accepted a tad of science and declared the polar bear is endangered threatened because, hey, there’s not so much ice anymore. The Bushies don’t intend to do anything about greenhouse gas emissions, however. Who can prove they’re helping to melt the bears’ ice?

“We know Earth is warming. We know man is a factor in that. But we cannot tell you to what extent,” said Kempthorne.

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