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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