Times (UK): THE American government is to add the polar bear to its list of endangered species. Even though the world’s polar bear population is stable, the US Geological Survey predicts that it will fall by two-thirds by 2050 if the Arctic ice where the animals live continues to shrink. The US Interior Department said an announcement would come “sooner rather than later”. The plan was welcomed by environmentalists such as Andrew Wetzler, of the Natural Resources Defense Council, …