{"id":410,"date":"2009-03-23T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T23:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2009-03-23T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T23:24:56","slug":"nations-near-arctic-declare-polar-bears-threatened-by-climate-change-nytimescom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Nations Near Arctic Declare Polar Bears Threatened by Climate Change – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
Five countries that created a treaty nearly four decades ago to protect polar bears through limits on hunting issued a joint statement on Thursday identifying climate change as \u201cthe most important long-term threat\u201d to the bears.<\/p>\n