Republicans vs. Polar Bears

The NY Times posted an article on January 9th, 2017 titled "Human-Driven Global Warming Is Biggest Threat to Polar Bears, Report Says" by Erica Goode. I picked this one because I've been watching a lot of wildlife shows lately and it deals with polar bears against the government. The article states that the overall theme going on in the population decline in polar bears is human based global warming. There was a pretty important bill to be voted on when Trump first took office to help with emission output. The article does not state the outcome, but judges Trump and the rest of the republicans on how against global warming they are. Trump did pull out of the Paris climate agreement though. The article goes on to state that even though in some areas there has shown decline in the population, that the overall percentage of polar bears has remained the same. These scientist and native Alaskans (article based in Alaska) are trying to make sure the climate stays under 2 degrees Celsius so that the ice caps remain for polar bears to be able to hunt for seals.

I agree with this article. I don't particularly know everything about global warming, but I do believe that the actions we take do affect our environment. I'm like most Texan's and enjoy hunting, but I believe there are a difference between hogs and deer, and those animals such as polar bears. I am also native american (Choctaw and Sioux Nation) so I do believe in respecting the animals, but also that they were put here to provide as such as the food chain suggests. As hogs and deer, their population is stable enough for people to hunt to provide food for. As for polar bears, there is no need to hunt these animals as you do not need to make their species suffer as they have about 75% less population than that of deer and hogs. As the article suggest, it would be nice if Trump could show more initiative to preserving the animals that have been here long before we had gas powered cars. I for one will be investing in a electric car in the future to help preserve the polar bear and other species that need a little help from us humans. Overall, I agree with the article and think they are on the right path to the end goal of saving the planet from our boneheaded ways.