China voices fears over global warming (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Global warming threatens to intensify natural disasters and water shortages across China, driving down the country's food output, the Chinese government warns. [News Source]

Bush backtracks on global warming with plan to protect polar bears (Guardian Unlimited) Melting arctic ice prompts president's climate change concession. [News Source]

Global Warming May Push U.S. to List Polar Bears as Threatened (Bloomberg.com) Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Global warming is causing sea ice to melt, putting polar bears at risk and prompting the Bush administration to propose listing the cold-weather mammal as a threatened species, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said. [News Source]

Climate Change May Put Polar Bear on Threatened List (NPR) All Things Considered , December 27, 2006 · The federal government says climate change threatens the polar bear with extinction, and the efforts under way to arrest global warming will not be adequate to save the mighty Arctic predator. [News Source]

Climate Change May Put Polar Bear on Threatened List (NPR) The Bush administration is proposing that the polar bear be listed as an endangered species. The administration says global warming, pollution and over-hunting are threatening the bear's existence. The polar bear would be the first species listed as endangered because of climate change. [News Source]

US says global warming threatens polar bears (Financial Times) Polar bears should be classified as a threatened species because global warming could cause their habitat to melt away, the Bush administration said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Global warming threatening polar bears (Japan Today) WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday proposed listing polar bears as threatened, marking the first time the U.S. administration has singled out climate change as the potential driving force behind the demise of a species. [News Source]

Global warming threatening polar bears: US government (AFP via Yahoo! News) The United States proposed listing polar bears as threatened, marking the first time the US administration has singled out climate change as the potential driving force behind the demise of a species. [News Source]

Polar bears and climate change: A polarizing issue (CNET) Blog: Environmentalists and global-warming naysayers shifted into high gear Wednesday in response to news that the Interior Department... [News Source]

Climate Change Inspires Art (WBUR Boston) A Roslindale artist takes on global warming in her sound and sights show at the new ICA. [News Source]

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-27 16:24 GMT: US proposes listing polar bears as threatened species due to global warming (Interactive Investor) WASHINGTON (AFX) - The United States today proposed listing polar bears as a threatened species, marking the first time the Bush administration singled out climate change as the potential driving force behind the demise of a species. [News Source]