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Bear Facts on Polar Bear Protection On April 29, a federal judge gave the Bush administration two weeks to make a final determination about whether the polar bear should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Designating the bear as endangered would have significant consequences for exploration in the Arctic region and for action on global warming, says AEI resident scholar Kenneth P. Green. His new Environmental Policy Outlook examines what we know about the nineteen subpopulations of these charismatic megafauna. Green, an environmental scientist, then looks at the evidence that global warming has caused--and will cause--a reduction in sea ice and that the bear populations will dwindle because they are dependent on sea ice to hunt for prey. Green argues that because of data limitations, it is "essentially impossible" to decide whether polar bears are endangered by global warming or not. Green was recently interviewed by Newsweek about whether polar bears are threatened by global warming. Other topics: Economic Policy Studies Barely Growing Our Environmental Condition Congress versus Colombia? The Treasury's New Financial Services Blueprint Getting Life-Saving Drugs from Lab to Bedside Beginning the 2009 Budget Process Stimulus Response The "R" Word A Bali Hai Note on Climate Change Singing the Housing Market Blues Flinching on Free Trade Climate Policy beyond Kyoto Biotech Drugs Change the Patent Game Taxing Private Equity Profits Toxic Toys and Chinese Trade The Subprime Shuffle | The International Credit Crisis Revisiting the Corporate Income Tax Bad Reviews for the FDA? Global Warming The Housing Slump The U.S. Economic Engine Speed Bumps Ahead for the Chinese Economy? The 2007 Farm Bill and Beyond Reforming the Tax System Mixed Signals from the Fed Bulls or Bears Ahead for the U.S. Economy? World AIDS Day 2006 Corporations and U.S. Competitiveness Dow High 300 Million Strong and Growing The Nobel Peace Prize and Development Policy One Hundred Years of the FDA Energy Crunch The Taxman Cometh The Health Disparities Myth Backing Biotech Fixing the Health Care System Doha Dead-End? Strengthening the U.S. Economy The Global Fight against HIV/AIDS Asia Reforming the Tax System Bush Names Bernanke to Head Federal Reserve Gulf Coast Rebuilding The State of American Labor China and the Global Economy The G-8 Summit and Aid Programs for Africa Challenges for the World Bank and for Fighting Poverty Abroad Checking Up on Environmental Health Danger on the Rails The Future of Social Security Also of interest: Reg-Markets Center Health Policy Studies at AEI International Health Policy The Housing GSEs Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Fragile Progress in Iraq as Petraeus Returns to Congress Taiwan's Election and Cross-Strait Tensions Iraq Five Years Later: What's Next? America and Australia: "Permanent Friends" Replaying the Cold War? Following Fidel Aiding Africa The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the Future of Pakistan A Narrow Victory for Venezuelan Democracy The Pakistan Conundrum Fukuda's First Visit to Washington Transatlantic Connections | A Dangerous Neighborhood The Powder Keg That Is Pakistan Putin's Power Play Columbus Day and Transatlantic Affairs Africa Takes Center Stage No Middle Way in Iraq Kremlinologies Old and New: Russia and Japan Laboring to Divest from Iran Talking with Tehran Japan's Vote, America's Choice Pyongyang's Promises The Long War on Terror The G8 Summit Agenda Global Investment in Iran: Interactive Sarkozy's Victory and the Transatlantic Outlook Iraq War Showdown Japan, China, and U.S. Alliances in Asia Progress in the Iraq War President Bush's Latin American Tour Confronting Iran Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq Giving Thanks for the Troops The North Korean Nuclear Threat Shoring Up Alliances Strengthening the Military Progress in the War on Terror Iran Rebuffs the UN Security Council Post-9/11 Security In the Company of Dictators Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy before the G8 Summit North Korea's Weapons Programs Progress in Iraq Remembering Our Soldiers Intelligence Reform President Hu Comes to Washington Iraq, Three Years On The Iranian Nuclear Threat Toward Victory in Iraq Iraq and the War on Terror An Agenda for Latin America Iraq Votes Root and Branch Reform of the United Nations Gaza Withdrawal--Pathway to Peace? China and the Global Economy The G-8 Summit and Aid Programs for Africa Challenges for the World Bank and for Fighting Poverty Abroad Military Restructuring and U.S. Strategic Aims Intelligence Reform Zimbabwe: An Outpost of Tyranny Aiding the Tsunami-Stricken Region Coming to Terms with the Dangerous Enigma of North Korea Also of interest: New Atlantic Initiative NGO Watch The War on Terror Social and Political Studies A Nation (Still) at Risk Pope Benedict XVI's First Visit to the United States The 2008 State of the Union The Election Begins Legal Scholarship That Serves the Public Interest The Bounty of America Keeping Our Promises to Veterans American (Un)Happiness and Economic Security The Supreme Court: Back in Business Back to School 2007 Unconventional Wisdom about American Workers Congress Is Back Independence Day: The Idea and Practice of Freedom Protecting Political Speech Paying for College: New Trends, New Questions The Challenges Ahead Abroad and at Home NCLB Report Card The 110th Congress Previewing the Midterm Elections Revisiting Welfare Reform Celebrating and Preserving Freedom Securing Our Borders Previewing the Midterm Elections Immigration Reform Budget Blowout Lobbying Reform Moves Forward Lone Star Redistricting Goes to the Supreme Court Celebrating Past Presidents State of the Union 2006 Toward Equal Opportunity The Alito Hearings Presidential Powers in the Post-9/11 World Faith and Freedom The High Costs of Education President Bush's Latest Supreme Court Nominee Hurricane Katrina's Wake Grading the Department of Education after Twenty-Five Years Maintaining a Healthy Atmosphere for Drug Development Supreme Court Controversies Lessons in Urban School Reform The Future of Social Security Also of interest: Election Reform Project Federalism Project AEI's Political Corner Welfare Reform Academy Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004

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A new AEI web tool, "Global Business in Iran: Interactive," documents major financial transactions with the Islamic Republic between 2000 and 2007. The findings, based on open-source reporting, are organized by country, economic sector, company, and financial institution. The Institute's researchers have documented more than 300 transactions amounting to more than $150 billion. The interactive tool will be updated regularly as new information comes in.