Category: Warming Activists
Written by: admin on Oct 23, 2009 17:20
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Tags: drilling, oil, polar bears
Discordant decisions: A protected habitat is proposed for endangered polar bears, while oil drilling is approved nearby
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed designating some 200,000 square miles of lands and waters along the north coast of Alaska as "critical habitat" for endangered polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ). In May 2008 the bears received limited protected status as a " threatened species…
