polar bears and how you can protect

http://www.polarbearsos.org/resources.html

Click on the links below to find out more about polar bears and how you can protect them from global warming and extinction.


What You Can Do To Curb Global Warming

Order NRDC "Unplug for Polar Bears" and "Turn Off Global Warming" stickers for chargers and light switches by emailing: polarbearsosinfo@nrdc.org Be sure to give your mailing address and how many sets of stickers you need (each set contains six stickers, 3 each of "Unplug for Polar Bears" and "Turn Off Global Warming"). Supplies are limited so please keep your order to two sets, unless you have a special need for schools or institutions.

Follow these easy steps to help limit global warming pollution:



http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/gsteps.asp

Discover how you can offset harmful carbon emissions by supporting renewable energy:

http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/0606.asp

The Facts About Global Warming

Learn the basics about global warming and how we can stop it:

http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/f101.asp
Polar Bears and Other Arctic Wildlife

Learn the facts about polar bears:

http://www.polarbearsos.org/facts.html

Read latest Government forecast of the polar bear's fate: http://www.polarbearsos.org/usgs_study.html

Learn more about the science behind the dangers of global warming to polar bears:
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay_schliebe.html

International action is necessary to protect polar bears from extinction. Download the Polar Bears on Thin Ice fact sheet to learn more:
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/thinice.pdf


Educational Material for Children
Download NRDC’s Polar Action Guide and give it to kids you know:

http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/polaraction.pdf



Find out how polar bears ward off the cold and other fun facts:
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/na/polar/index.html
See what one student has done to help protect the polar bears:
https://admin2.getactive.com/img/08/custom_images/nrdc/polarproject.jpg

Environmental Defense and NRDC Launch Counter Attack TV Ads

In response to the various propaganda videos such as the now infamous "CO2 is Life" advertisements put out by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, various environmental organizations are funding programs of their own. Most recently brought to my attention is a frightening short by Environmental Defense and the NRDC which outlines the crisis of global warming and points a finger at the "oil and gas lobby" for holding progress back. It's very dramatic, and from an asthetic point of view it's almost as nail bitingly awful as this wacky radio spot (listen here) put out by an industry funded group called SEECalifornia. The assembly bills the ads are referring to are specific to California, but the style is not. They propose various caps on emissions be put in place statewide.

Although I give NRDC and Environmental Defense the benefit of the doubt, I really wish the "other side" of the battle didn't have to stoop to the same overdramatic, vague propaganda to get their point across. To me it simply underscores the communication gap that exists between industry and environmentalists that keeps flights brewing and prevents real dialogue. Then again, maybe I'm overestimating the depth to which the average TV viewer thinks.

Watch the film on the next page.... what do you think? http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/environmental-defense-and-nrdc-002218.php</p>

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has produced two 60-second television spots focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for reduced energy use. The ads are airing in 14 U.S. cities from May 18 to May 28, 2006.

"Energy" See full size on YouTube	"Glaciers" See full size on YouTube

Special web-only bonus, on the occasion of the release of

An Inconvenient Truth:
Al Gore's Big, Fat Carbon Footprint

"Al Gore: An Inconvenient Story "

See full size on YouTube

"We Call If Life" I Call It Bad Business

If you havn't seen the mindboggling advertisements put out by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. CEI, funded by numerous companies - notably ExxonMobile, has produced these ads to make people belive that there is, in fact, no climactic crisis on the globe at all. The ads are so bad, they look like deliberate parodies.

I almost feel sorry for Exxon. They've got so much money right now they really don't seem to know what to do with it. While BP and Shell continue to accept the facts about peak oil and global warming, slowly and visibly tranistioning themselves to a post-oil world by investing in solar and other technologies, ExxonMobile and other myopic corporations continue to blindly fight like stubborn mules. In ten or fifteen years, unless ExxonMobile gets a clue, we're going to see BP and Shell picking apart its remains, and deservedly so.

Find out more about CEI's work on global warming.