Cases

Polar Bear Take Regulations

In Brief:

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has okayed drilling, seismic testing, and other major oil and gas exploration work in prime polar bear habitat at the Beaufort Sea. Regulators have ignored how these disturbances, on top of global warming, could prove fatal to the bears. Earthjustice has filed suit to make sure the agency considers the consequences to polar bears and walrus.

Updated: February 13, 2007

Case #4585