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Salazar won't change Bush polar bear rule

WASHINGTON -- Global warming will lead to declining polar bear populations, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar acknowledged Friday, but the Interior Department will let stand a Bush administration rule that proposes to manage the threatened animals without taking into account greenhouse gases.

'The Last Polar Bear...'

Any competent wildlife photographer knows all about waiting. Few have waited in bitter subzero cold for weeks on end, hoping for the wind and the sun and other conditions to be right for a glimpse at the planet's largest land predator.

Government reaches agreement on polar bear habitat

The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears in the ocean off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling.

Polar bear rule prompts suit

WASHINGTON -- Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming.

Alaska sues over listing of polar bear as threatened

The State of Alaska sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Monday, seeking to reverse his decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Saving polar bears' skins

Environmental and animal rights groups have lined up to oppose a lawsuit that seeks to let American sport hunters again import hides of polar bears shot legally in Canada.

Oil firms get OK to bother polar bears

Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is allowing oil companies to affect them in small ways while exploring for oil and natural gas in the Chukchi Sea over the next five years.

Conservation groups sue to protect Arctic marine mammals

Lawsuits for polar bears built on Endangered Species Act

Two conservation groups have given the federal government formal notice they intend to sue to protect polar bears from petroleum exploration and drilling off Alaska's coast.

E-mail reveals state dispute over polar bear listing

The state's marine mammal scientists agreed last year with federal researchers who concluded polar bears are threatened with extinction because of a shrinking ice cap.

Polar bears join 'threatened' list

Bear advocates fight to curb emissions

State will sue over polar bear listing, Palin says

Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday.

Bear advocates fight to curb emissions

Polar bears join 'threatened' list

Bear advocates fight to curb emissions

Conservation groups announced Tuesday they are challenging Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's attempt to limit collateral economic damage from listing polar bears as a threatened species.

Polar bears join 'threatened' list

Groups sue over polar bear listing

Conservation groups that sued to list polar bears as threatened are back in court taking aim at what they say is the animals' top threat — greenhouse gas emissions that have led to rapid melting of polar bear habitat, sea ice.

Polar bears join 'threatened' list

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that the agency will list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that could cast the bears as the enduring symbol of the effects of global warming.

Senators blast polar bear's 'threatened' status

WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that the agency will list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that could cast the bears as the enduring symbol of the effects of global warming.

Listing disappoints state political, industry leaders

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Deadline approaches for polar bear decision

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hasn't added a U.S. creature to the endangered species list since he took office two years ago. The former Idaho governor has until Thursday to decide on one that could prove troublesome to promising petroleum drilling off Alaska's northern coast and force federal agencies in other states to react to new greenhouse gas emissions.

Legislature wants polar bear study

The state Legislature is looking to hire a few good polar bear scientists. The conclusions have already been agreed upon -- researchers just have to fill in the science part.

Polar bear ruling ordered

Polar bear ruling ordered

A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to decide within 16 days whether polar bears should be listed as a threatened species because of global warming.

Judge orders decision on bears

A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to decide within 16 days whether polar bears should be listed as a threatened species.

Interior secretary dodges hearing

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was a no-show Wednesday in front of a Senate committee seeking an explanation for why his agency has been slow to decide whether to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Polar bear limbo goes to court

Three conservation groups sued the Department of the Interior on Monday for failing to meet a deadline on deciding whether to list polar bears as threatened because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.

Conservation groups sue for polar bear decision

Three conservation groups sued the Department of the Interior on Monday for failing to meet a deadline on a decision to list polar bears as threatened because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.