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div class=image style=float: right; padding-left: 8pximg alt=Canada Lynx height=242 src=http://l.yimg.com/a/feeds/us/grn/green_climate411/canada-lynx-article.jpg width=250 /br /emThe a href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42741Canada lynx/a is at risk because br /of changes to the snowpack br /caused by climate change./embr /br //divpWith the political debate heating up over the American Clean Energy and Security Act, it’s easy to lose sight of what the fight is about./ppYes, this is about people and jobs and freeing ourselves from foreign oil and creating a clean energy economy for the 21st century. But it’s also about our natural heritage and the wildlife with which we share this planet./ppSpecies from blue whales to butterflies confront growing threats. Their habitats are rapidly changing along with the climate. Global warming is pushing nature to the brink./ppThat’s why Environmental Defense launched a new campaign, a href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42590 title=Warming and WildlifeWarming and Wildlife/a, where we document the story through the prism of seven ambassador species from across America already struggling to survive./ppstrongWithout action, there’s a good chance these species won’t make it /strong– we could lose them in our lifetimes./ppOur seven ambassador species are:/pullia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42708 title=Sugar MapleSugar maple/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42763 title=Monarch butterflyMonarch butterfly/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42752 title=LeatherbacksLeatherback sea turtle/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42774 title=American pikaAmerican pika/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42741 title=Canada lynxCanada lynx/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=42785 title=Tufted puffinTufted puffin/a/lilia href=http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=43083 title=Polar bearPolar bear/a/li/ulpThe bumper sticker is right: Extinction is forever. But, it doesn’t have to be inevitable, not if we each do our part to cap America’s global warming pollution and unleash the clean energy economy of the 21st century./p

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