Anyone check with the polar bears?

Phyllis Mains wrote:
> If subsistence activities, oil and gas development on Alaska's North 
> Slope won't be subjected to certain requirements under the Endangered 
> Species Act, we have lost a great deal of protection for species and 
> habitat. Phyllis
>
> JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is hailing the Interior 
> secretary’s decision to leave in place a regulation from the Bush 
> administration that limits protection of the polar bear from global 
> warming.
>
> Officials say protecting endangered species is not the way to deal 
> with climate change.
>
> Palin says the decision will provide for continued monitoring and 
> protections for polar bears under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and 
> international treaties.
>
> And, she says, subsistence activities and oil and gas development on 
> Alaska’s North Slope won’t be subjected to certain requirements under 
> the Endangered Species Act.
>
> Palin calls Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision on Friday “a clear 
> victory for Alaska.”
>
>
>
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