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A good, green year!

President Obama has begun to tackle the massive damage the Bush administration has left on our environment. Thank you God. There are Endangered Species Act issues to turn around, global warming leadership to establish, and land, coast and ocean protections, clean air and water, to put in place too broadly state a few areas. Yes it is going to be a good green year, I believe. Just hope we can be in time for some things, like the polar bears and our oxygen content.

Finally, the US Gov. has declared the polar bears a threatened species!

At last, we officially have listed the polar bears as endangered. Along with many environmental and wildlife groups, I have been petitioning, emailing and calling those in control in this government for several years to get them listed. I still run into people who don't realize these beautiful white bears are drowning in their Arctic habitat because the ice is melting. It is heart-rending to see the film clips of the large bears swimming and swimming with no place to land. I'm not showing any graphics or clips because I don't want any copyright lawyers swooping in on me. So I am just writing. At least it is a step and some want this all connected to climate change, you think? Of course it's related to global warming! Just about everyone grew up with a teddy bear, and now this one is a big ole white one that everyone loves and their sweet cubs. Tears still come to my eyes over their plight because...are we too late? I don't know. I told a friend the other day that it would be sad to think they are all gone from their home and we can only think of them and visit them in a zoo. Well, at least Uncle Sam has decided to care enough about them to list them. Praying here that they will come back like the American Bald Eagle. Really, the polar bear is a symbol as well for the North Pole. I find it staggering to think I might be alive to see them disappear. Please God.