Don't Discuss Polar Bears


	Don't Discuss Polar Bears

thisnamecantbetaken

3-11-2007 3:14 AM

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climate change, global warming, censorship, bush, science

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3-11-2007 6:12 PM

Sumstine

And why shouldn't Polar bears be discussed freely?

3-12-2007 8:21 PM

janthack

I think "polar bear" is another one of those rude words we shouldn't use! (as in thisname's previous clip)

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"'Don't discuss polar bears": memo to scientists 
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By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Polar bears, sea ice and global
warming are taboo subjects, at least in public, for some U.S.
scientists attending meetings abroad, environmental groups and
a top federal wildlife official said on Thursday.
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which they said was in line with the Bush administration's
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government business, the memo says that requests for foreign
travel "involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice, and/or polar bears" require special handling, including
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