The
beloved polar bear faces extinction in our
lifetime unless you and I take immediate
action.
Please
support
our Fight Global Warming Campaign
to mobilize the public and our lawmakers on behalf
of polar bears and countless other potential
victims of global warming.
The
latest alarm was sounded last week when the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced it
may list the polar bear as threatened under the
Endangered Species Act.
The
cause? Global warming, and its effect on
the Arctic pack ice, which serves as polar bear
hunting grounds.
The
fate of polar bears is only one sign of global
warming's ecological tremors:
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From
mid-1997 to mid-1998 the hottest 12-month
period on record coral reef bleaching
reached pandemic proportions 16% of
the planet's tropical reefs sustained severe
damage. In a single year.
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Scientists
have identified thousands of plant and animal
species who like polar bears are already
facing measurable global warming hardships. Some
of the luckiest species are finding ways to
migrate to cooler climes. But many others face
extinction.
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Spring
migrations of birds and butterflies are shifting
by as many as five days, causing a cascade
of ecological harms. Many migrations
occur in delicate synchrony with plant
flowering, tree leafing and other events which
provide critical food and shelter for migrating
flocks. A five-day shift in migration patterns
could be the difference between food and no food
for species in mid-migration.
You
and I might be the last generation to share the
planet with polar bears and thousands of other
extraordinary creatures. But it doesn't have to be
that way.
Your
donation will help Environmental
Defense Action Fund continue our work in these
crucial areas:
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Continue
Documenting Impacts With your help,
our scientists will track, document and report
the growing wave of ecological disruption and keep
policy makers informed of the serious global
warming impacts on our natural world.
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Educate
and Engage We will soon launch a
massive public education campaign on the
mounting effects of global warming and offer
practical steps each of us can take.
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Spur
Government Action We will work to
pass the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship
and Innovation Act the only bill that fights
global warming in a meaningful way by capping
Americas global warming pollution and
offering credits for market-based innovation.
Time
is running out for polar bears and for thousands of
other species that global warming threatens with
extinction. With your help, we will continue to
fight global warming and force our political leaders
in Washington to act. The future of the natural
world as we now know it depends on us.
Please
donate today.
Thank
you for all that you do.
Sincerely,
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Fred Krupp
Environmental Defense Action Fund