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| January 18, 2008 Permalink Polar Bears - Wait-Listed as Endangered Quicklink submitted by Rev. Robert Vinciguerra (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| Now the bears face another threat. On Feb. 6 - three days before FWS's new deadline - the Minerals Management Service (MMS), also part of the Interior Department, plans to lease 30 million acres for oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea bordering Alaska, where one-fifth of the world's remaining polar bears live. Drilling - with the risk of spills and seismic damage - could further jeopardize the polar bear. |
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