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Environmental

May 20, 2008

Polar Bear Listing Likely to Spur More Litigation, Not Quell It

Conservationists and conservatives both say they'll sue to block the Bush administration's decision to put the bear on the Endangered Species List.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration's decision to make the polar bear the first animal to gain protections primarily because of climate change appears to have set off a fire storm rather than quelled one.
      Neither conservationists nor conservatives are happy with the decision and both sides appear ...

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