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Polar bears are ... doing great?
So say Big Oil-friendly opponents of protecting them |
Miles Grant |
03 Apr 2008 |
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| You know, if you set aside the massive threats to their habitats posed by global warming and oil and gas development, polar bears are an 'otherwise healthy' species.That was the argument made Wednesday by William Horn, an attorney and former Assistant Interior Secretary for Fish and Wildlife in the Reagan administration, at a Capitol Hill hearing about the ongoing delay in whether to cover the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. Horn's case was echoed by several ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, endangered species, energy, natural gas, oil, polar bears, shenanigans, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics) |
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