Impact of bruin listing still in limboLegal, regulatory tangle obscures potential effect of “threatened” designation for polar bears on Alaska’s resource industries Stefan Milkowski For Petroleum News
Four months after U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne listed the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, the issue has become a legal and regulatory tangle, leaving the impact on Alaska's resource industries still unclear.
Industry groups, conservation organizations, and th....
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Protecting the species Protecting resource development Designating critical habitat Wading through the courts
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