Climate change is influenced by humans

Bryan Arroyo, assistant director for the Endangered Species program at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spoke today about polar bears being put in the threatened species list. He said that we are in a changing climate and while there are disagreements about the magnitude, but the scientific research is clear and climate change is occurring. There is a 90 percent probability that climate change is influenced or forced by human release of greenhouse gases. (1:01)
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Polar bears likely to become endangered in 45 years

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne says that todays decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act is based on three findings: “first, sea ice is vital to polar bears’ survival; second, the polar bears’ sea ice habitat has dramatically melted in recent decades; third, computer models suggest sea ice is likely to further recede in the future.” He says that due to this lose of habitat, polar bears are “likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, in this case 45 years.” (0:30)
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Bible battle over polar bears

During a hearing investigating a delay in listing polar bears as endangered the chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) quoted Genesis. After his opening statement Jim Inhofe (R-OK) quotes scripture to highlight his point that there is too much attention being paid to polar bears. (0:40)
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Listing the polar bear would be "devastating"

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) says that listing the polar bear as endangered because of global warming would have the devastating effect of requiring the federal government to regulate all carbon-emitting behavior caused by humans. (0:41)
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