Polar Bears: Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing itself was praised by some environmentalists, other parties, who opposed the listing itself, argued that the science supporting listing was weak,...

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Main Authors: Buck, Eugene H., Corn, M. L., Alexander, Kristina
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. 2009
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spelling ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc87325 2023-05-15T14:55:30+02:00 Polar Bears: Listing Under the Endangered Species Act Buck, Eugene H. Corn, M. L. Alexander, Kristina Arctic 2009-03-04 24 pages. Text http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87325/ English eng Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. crs: RL33941 local-cont-no: RL33941_2009Mar04 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87325/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc87325 Endangered species Endangered animals polar bears Report 2009 ftunivnotexas 2015-08-15T22:11:18Z On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing itself was praised by some environmentalists, other parties, who opposed the listing itself, argued that the science supporting listing was weak, but felt that the regulations mitigated some of the economic impacts of the listing. Report Arctic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Arctic
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Endangered animals
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Corn, M. L.
Alexander, Kristina
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description On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing itself was praised by some environmentalists, other parties, who opposed the listing itself, argued that the science supporting listing was weak, but felt that the regulations mitigated some of the economic impacts of the listing.
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