There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth among environmentalists in the United States following the decision by the Interior Department not to revoke a Bush Administration ruling limiting protection of polar bears from global …
May 17, 2009
May 16, 2009
Endangered New Jersey: Polar Bears Lose Court Battle As They Lose …
The Interior Department will need to defend the rule in court and there is sure to be opposition from environmental groups that see this as more than just polar bear protection, but as a way to force the government to consider the …
May 14, 2009
Lay of the Land: Interior Department Keeps Bush Polar Bear Rule
This past Friday, Interior Secretary Salazar announced that the new administration would not withdraw a special rule that limits protection for the polar bears. The rule was issued in the waning days of the Bush administration, …
May 12, 2009
Go Green » Bottles and bears
The Interior Department let stand a Bush administration policy barring the federal government from using the precarious state of the U.S. polar bear population as a reason to crack down on global warming, upsetting environmentalists and …
Polar bears won't be getting any additional protection from the …
The Interior Department says a regulation left over from the Bush administration that limits protection of the polar bear from global warming will remain in.