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US says polar bear threatened; limits energy work

The US government on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species under federal environmental protection laws, a ruling that may further limit efforts to develop US energy resources in Alaska. Advocates of increased US domestic energy development have long sought access to oil and gas reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on Alaska’s north coast. Environmentalists have opposed drilling in the refuge on grounds it would disrupt and endanger the wildlife that ANWR was cr
Published On:	5/14/2008
Submitted On:	5/16/2008 3:00:26 PM by Geo Energy Network
Categories:	Habitats

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