Friday, October 19, 2012

Threatened species listing for polar bears contested in U.S. court

Reuters: Polar bears' designation as a threatened species was challenged in a U.S. appeals court on Friday, with a lawyer for Alaska and other parties arguing that regulators had failed to back up the listing. Alaska and other plaintiffs that include hunters and the California Cattlemen's Association are appealing a federal court ruling last year that upheld the Interior Department's 2008 designation of the bears as threatened because their icy habitat is melting away. Murray Feldman, a lawyer for Alaska...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/19/us-usa-climate-polarbears-idUSBRE89I10E20121019?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20121019&t=2&i=665317627&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE89I1CNY00

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