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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>

One of the reasons that the polar bear has become such a symbol is due to its rapid decrease in population brought on by its icy home melting. This leaves estimated thousands of polar bears without access to vital life-sustaining resourses.

One of the reasons that the polar bear has become such a symbol is due to its rapid decrease in population brought on by its icy home melting. This leaves estimated thousands of polar bears without access to vital, life-sustaining resourses.

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>