With the ice cap melting, nations are stampeding north to tap the likely bonanza of natural resources below the sea floor. Environmentalists, meanwhile, are already in court trying to slow the gold rush, fearing for polar bears and whales.
The possibility that grizzlies aren't extinct in Idaho presents no less a political challenge than when they were thought to be long gone.
Environmentalists argue that the disgraced Idaho senator represents a constituency that has declined in importance in the minds of voters – the legacy timber, grazing, and mining interests. Says one: "Now Idaho's a different place."
Oh the rejection, the miscommunication. It's been a rude awakening, reading this police report on Larry Craig.
