polar-bears

Groups object in court to Alaska magistrate’s recommendation to uphold a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing oil and gas companies to harm already threatened Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— We filed an objection in U.S. District Court today over a magistrate’s findings and recommendation that would let stand a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears. The magistrate submitted findings this month on our lawsuit challenging the incidental take regulations for oil and gas activities on Alaska’s North Slope.