US government failing to protect polar bears - Telegraph.co.uk
Posted on June 10th, 2008 by admin
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US government 'failing to protect polar bears'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jun 10, 2008
By Tom Leonard in New York Two conservation groups say they will sue the US government for not doing enough to protect polar bears from the effects of oil ...
Last month, polar bears were given protected status when they were listed as threatened by Dirk Kempthorne, the Interior Secretary. However, Mr Kempthorne specified that the declining amount of sea ice - which the bears use for mating, denning and hunting - was caused by the warming Arctic climate and not by oil development. But environmental groups do not agree. With soaring petrol prices now the biggest single economic issue for many Americans, the government has been under intense pressure to free up Alaska for oil exploration. The state's outer continental shelf was long thought too remote and costly to drill. BP and Shell are among those investing heavily in Alaskan exploration...... |
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