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The polar bear has become a "symbol of global warming caused by humans" in the eyes of environmentalists. Some groups even went as far as suing the Interior Department with the aim of adding polar bears to the list of threatened species.<ref>International Herald Tribune: [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/28/news/bear.php "Melting arctic ice pushes polar bear population closer to the edge"]</ref>
The polar bear has become a "symbol of global warming caused by humans" in the eyes of environmentalists. Some groups even went as far as suing the Interior Department with the aim of adding polar bears to the list of threatened species.<ref>International Herald Tribune: [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/28/news/bear.php "Melting arctic ice pushes polar bear population closer to the edge"]</ref>
These activists try "to use the Endangered Species Act to force the U.S. government to take action on global warming". Critics have pointed out that global warming activists should address climate change directly.<ref>USA Today: [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2008-03-09-polar-bears_N.htm "Polar bears caught in a heated eco-debate"]</ref>
These activists try "to use the [[Endangered Species Act]] to force the U.S. government to take action on global warming". Critics have pointed out that global warming activists should address climate change directly.<ref>USA Today: [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2008-03-09-polar-bears_N.htm "Polar bears caught in a heated eco-debate"]</ref>
Patrick Michaels wrote:
[[Patrick Michaels]] wrote:
*... grandstanding political stunts, like calling polar bears an "endangered species" even when they are at near record-high population levels, are based upon projections of rapid and persistent [[global warming]]. <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080516/EDITORIAL/8210510/1013 Global-warming myth]</ref>
*... grandstanding political stunts, like calling polar bears an "[[endangered species]]" even when they are at near record-high population levels, are based upon projections of rapid and persistent [[global warming]]. <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080516/EDITORIAL/8210510/1013 Global-warming myth]</ref>
==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==