Washington, DC: The following statement is from Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Resources Committees, on the polar bear being put on the endangered species list by the Bush Administration due to global warming concerns:

“If the Bush Administration proceeds to list the polar bear as an endangered species, it may signal the beginning of the end of its policy of global warming denial.  After giving the cold shoulder to conservation, Kyoto, and better fuel economy standards, they seem to be warming up to protecting an icon of American wildlife.  The threat of global warming goes well beyond a single species, and the new Democratic majority will certainly be taking a long, hard look at global warming and better protecting our national environmental treasures like the polar bear.”

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