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Victor the
polar bear was an amazing 22 years old when he died in late
August, 2020 after living a happy life and fathering 13 cubs.
But Victor's contribution to the vulnerable state of the polar
bear population is far from enough. Scientists are now
saying that by the end of this century, in less than 80 years,
the polar bear could completely vanish from the earth
due to climate change. But at the same time when one
of the world's most iconic species is on the brink of
extinction, Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) are fast tracking rollback after rollback of important
environmental protections in order to benefit the fossil fuel
and construction industries.
It's hard to even keep up, with
a new rollback announced almost daily. By the time of
Victor's death, Trump had successfully taken away 68
regulations, and still has his sights on eliminating 32
more. With these rollbacks, he is increasing the
amount of permissible emissions from power plants and vehicles
at a time when we know emissions need to shrink. He is also
opening up vital wildlife habitat, some of which is
the very habitat polar bears rely on, for oil and gas
drilling. Do not let Victor's life have been in vain!
Sign the petition to tell Trump and the EPA to
halt their relentless attack on legislation that was put in
place to curb climate change!
Thank you,
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Lauren
W.
The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. Victor the
polar bear had 13 children, but this generation of polar bears
might be the earth's last. Sign the petition to save the polar
bears! |
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