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Well the pseudo-environmentalists have done it. The Bush administration has caved. The Secretary of the Interior has officially announced that he will list the polar pear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. This means that the polar bears get all kinds of new protections under the law.

But remember ... this is not about the polar bear. The polar bears are just a symbol. Just take a look at this quote from John Kostyack, the executive director of conservation and global warming at the National Wildlife Federation. He says, "This administration is finally acknowledging the gravity of global warming, apparently. And now we can start getting to work in passing comprehensive global warming legislation."

This is exactly what the critics have been saying. The polar bears are just a stepping stone to using the Endangered Species Act as a means of regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

They are doing this in spite of the fact that there are more polar bears today than there were in the 1970s. A lot more. In fact, there are 20,000 more polar bears today than in 1972. But that's not what these pseudo-environmentalists really care about, is it?

By the way .. the polar bear population in the Arctic is growing.

A recent report published by a prestigious scientific journal concludes that climate warming "is both natural and unstoppable," and it also says that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.

Professor David H. Douglass (of the University of Rochester), professor John R. Christy (of the University of Alabama), Benjamin D. Pearson and professor S. Fred Singer (of the University of Virginia) wrote a report for the International Journal of Climatology of the Royal Meteorological Society. They observed that patterns in temperature change over the last 30 years disagree with predicted greenhouse models. Natural factors such as solar variability better explain changes in the temperature.

As a result, climate change is "unstoppable" and can't be modified by controlling the emission of greenhouse gases. The report says, "Our research demonstrates that the ongoing rise of atmospheric CO2 has only a minor influence on climate change. We must conclude, therefore, that attempts to control CO2 emissions are ineffective and pointless — but very costly."

First ... let's start with this. If you don't read anything else today .. anywhere .. read this. It's a column from the Canadian Financial Post. I heard the Godfather talking about it yesterday .. and Peter Foster says what a lot of the more aware among us have been saying for years (The Godfather and my humble self included) .. that the environmental movement has been occupied by cast-off Commies and assorted anti-capitalist radicals.

At the Bali conference on global warming, more than 200 climate scientists issued a declaration to agree on strong targets for tackling climate change. The declaration says that global greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by at least 50% below 1990 levels by 2050. The goal "must be to limit global warming to no more than 2 ºC above the pre-industrial temperature."

And developing nations demanded rapid transfers of technology to help them combat climate change. Poor counties are demanding that they need more scientific know-how to reduce pollution and improve energy efficiency. Where do they get this technology? From wealthy nations. Who pays for it? Wealthy nations; evil, nasty, oppressive, horrible wealth nations. In the meantime those wealthy nations at the conference are focusing on making big countries like China setting goals for cutting pollution emissions.

Meanwhile, the government officials and activists that have flown to Bali will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in one year. Each delegate with produce an average of 4.07 metric tons of carbon dioxide. This total is the equivalent of 20,350 mid-sized cars. Some of the nations' delegates promise to offset their carbon footprint by planting trees or buying emissions credits. But scientists say that these symbolic actions won't do squat.

Another great column about the global warming mob hysteria. It's by Andrew Bolt. He tells of the nightmare he experiences being on the outside watching the mob self-destruct.