Polar Bear listed as a threatened species

It is too bad that the Interior Department didn't include the data from this year and that they accepted the claim that the ice losses are expected to continue (the ability of these climate models to predict the future should be viewed as quite dubious). In addition, if Kempthorne really believes that this listing isn't going to be used for global warming, he really should get some advice from other people. Fox News has this:

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and projections of continued losses, meaning, he said, that the polar bear is a species likely to be in danger of extinction in the near future. . . .