On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the
listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species
Act (ESA). The controversial decision highlights the intersection
of two significant issues currently before Congress - climate
change and species protection. Under the ESA, a listing decision
must rest solely on the best available scientific information
concerning the species. Habitat loss has been a major reason for
many decisions to add species to the list - in this case, loss of
Arctic sea ice. The listing itself was praised by some
environmentalists, who nonetheless deplored interim protective
regulations for the polar bear as being too weak. 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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