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.” > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Learn the Six Sigma approach and become certified. Click now. > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2142/fc/BLSrjpTRJRnkD2DQnHBF0ywKYphGMbbI1rL2q1SNrqA9MWgzqbUk34hC0By/> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To > unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] Check out our > Listserv Lists support site for more information: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club > Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it > features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view > recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/2009 5:53 PM > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/