[PCA] NEWS: Tree's rapid decline sounds alarm on global warming

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081209/sc_mcclatchy/3118642

Tree's rapid decline sounds alarm on global warming
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers – Tue Dec 9, 12:01 pm ET

WASHINGTON -- The whitebark pine, a tree found in the high elevations
of the western U.S. and Canada , is being killed as a consequence of
global warming and should be protected as an endangered species, an
environmental group formally told the Interior Department Tuesday.

If the federal government accepts the scientific arguments in a
petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council , it would be the
first time a wide-ranging tree has been added to the list. The NRDC
also sees an endangered designation as a warning about worsening
climate change.

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