来源: http://e-info.org.tw/node/29977 摘译自2008年1月17日ENS美国，华府报导；范仕颖编译；莫闻审校 在美国联邦保育官员决定北极熊是否列入《濒危物种法》保护名单之前，重要的北极熊栖 应该先限制开采石油或是天然气。美国众议院能源独立暨全球暖化委员会主席17日如此表 示。 「顺序是很重要的」委员会主席马凯（Ed Markey），同时也是麻州的民主党议员表示， 「你不会先穿鞋再穿袜，就像我们不应该先卖出这些重要北极熊栖地的开采权，再来决定 要怎麽保护他们。」 马凯召集了一个公听会，针对美国鱼类及野生物管理局（USFWS）在1月7日所宣布的消息 ：关於北极熊是否列入《濒危物种法》「受威胁」等级，该局尚无定论，延後再议──这 样的延宕，很可能会拖到美国矿业管理局出售阿拉斯加处克其海（Chukchi Sea）的石油 和天然气租赁权之後，这个地区共有约2,000只北极熊居住在此。 这个事件变得敏感是因为，如果北极熊被列为濒临绝种动物，开放该区域的开采权将会面 临更严格的环境影响评估程序。 「这两个决策的时间点让大石油公司有门路可以在北极 熊列入濒危物种法保护名单之前，获得北极熊栖地的开采权」马凯表示。 去年秋天由美国地理调查局公布的研究显示，因为上升的气温造成的冰层融化，世界上 2/3的北极熊将会在2050年之前消失，加处克其海也包含在此估计当中，而其北极熊数量 是全美的一半。 考虑到全球暖化对於北极熊的影响，美国鱼类及野生物管理局2007年即考虑将其列入名单 之中，原订於1月9日宣布结果，但是现在他们表示他们需要多几个星期的时间来重新审查 资料。 U.S. Lawmakers Hot Over Polar Bear Decisions WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2008 (ENS) Key polar bear habitat should be held off limits to oil and gas drilling until federal wildlife officials have determined whether the species should be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the chair of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming said today. "Order matters," said committee chair Ed Markey a Massachusetts Democrat. "You don't put on your shoes before your socks … and we shouldn't be selling the drilling rights in this important polar bear habitat before deciding how we are going to protect them." Markey convened the hearing in the wake of an announcement on January 7 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that it will delay a decision on whether the polar bear should be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. The delay makes it likely the decision on listing will come after the U.S. Minerals Management Service sells oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, inhabited by some 2,000 polar bears. That is controversial because the plan to open the area to drilling would face greater environmental scrutiny if the polar bear was on the endangered species list. "The timing of these two decisions leaves the door open for the administration to give Big Oil the rights to this polar bear habitat the moment before the protections for the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act go into effect," Markey said. A study issued last fall by the U.S. Geological Survey found that two-thirds of the world’s polar bears could disappear by 2050 due to increased sea ice melt caused by rising temperatures. The Chukchi Sea population, which makes up about half the U.S. polar bear population, is included in that estimate. Concern about the impact of global warming on polar bears prompted the Fish and Wildlife Service last year to consider listing the species. The agency was scheduled to announce its decision on January 9 but instead said it needed a few more weeks to review information on the species. 参考资源 Reference: 全文及图片详见 http://ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-17-10.asp -- 。 　╔╯═╗　 ╦╦╦ ╬╬╯ ╰╦ ╬ ╬╬╗ ╦╰╬═ 　╠╬═ ══ 　 ╔══╗ ╔╬╬╗ ╬ ╩ ║ ╬＞║＜ ＊ ╬═ ╔╗╔╗＊ ∕╚﹨﹨ ╠═ ╠═ ║ ╔╬╗ ╚╯ ╩ ╝ 　═╩═ ╚╝║╯ 　 ╠═╗ ╚═╗╚══╝ ╠╬║ 　　 ╳ ╬╬║ ═╬ ╬ 国家研究院》Academy》EarthAstro》Ecophilia环境板 ╯　。 ╯ ╩╯ m3m3ρ --

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