Palin sued to keep polar bears from being listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The state of Alaska sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Monday, seeking to reverse his decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Gov. Sarah Palin and other state officials fear a listing will cripple offshore oil and gas development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in Alaska's northern waters, which provide prime habitat for the only polar bears under U.S. jurisdiction.

"We believe that the Service's decision to list the polar bear was not based on the best scientific and commercial data available," Palin said in announcing the lawsuit.

Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity, the lead author of the petition that led to the listing, said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists addressed skeptics' objections during the listing process. She called the lawsuit "completely ridiculous and a waste of the court's time."

"This lawsuit and her head-in-the-sand approach to global warming only helps oil companies, certainly not Alaska or the polar bear," Siegel said. "Gov. Palin should be working for sustainable, clean energy development in Alaska instead of extinction for the polar bear."

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:rofl:

I find them to be the lowest form of life. period.

by the way, I like your avatar. ;)

Do you know which species was pushed out for the house you live in?

ending protection for polar bears. Nothing to do with my house. I don't even kill the snails who keep eating my garden. There is a way to live and let live, more than that, protect other species. It is our job.

not all this pregnancy, nude, etc. crap.

Thank you for that.