The Threatened Polar Bear Posted on May 15th
INTERIOR SECRETARY Dirk Kempthorne held true to the letter of the law in the Endangered Species Act and announced yesterday that the polar bear will be listed as a “threatened” species. Its habitat — Arctic sea ice — is disappearing because of global warming. This is the most significant acknowledgment yet by the Bush administration of the impact of climate change. But this good news for the bear is a potential regulatory nightmare that Mr. Kempthorne tried to avoid.
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