VOA标准英语2008年-US Classifies Polar Bear as Threatened Species(在线收听

By Paul Sisco
Washington
16 May 2008
 

The United States Government, Wednesday [May 14] officially added polar bears to the list of threatened animals under the Endangered Species Act. Bush administration scientists decided the species is at risk of becoming endangered. Officials cited warming trends and loss of sea ice as threatening the bears, opening a debate over whether to regulate greenhouse gases to protect the bear and its habitat. Paul Sisco reports.

 

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