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Oil Trade Group Sues Over Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Posted on 4 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) An Alaska petroleum industry trade group has sued the federal government over its designation of 187,157 square miles as polar bear critical habitat, claiming it covers too much territory and could cost tens of millions or more... Read More

Tags: Alaska Oil and Gas Association , Endangered species , petroleum industry , Alaska , Center for Biological Diversity , habitat , oil trade group , Litigation , lawsuit , polar bears

Native Groups Sue Over Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Posted on 16 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) Alaska Native groups challenged the federal government's designation of critical habitat for threatened polar bears on the state's oil-rich North Slope in a lawsuit filed Friday. The Arctic Slope Regional Corp., North... Read More

Tags: Interior Department , Endangered species , Fish and Wildlife Service , Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope , Alaska , North Slope , Center for Biological Diversity , habitat , North Slope Borough , Litigation , polar bears , Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Alaska Native Groups To Sue Over Polar Bear Plan
Posted on 19 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) A coalition of Alaska Native groups put the federal government on notice Monday that they intend to sue over a recovery plan for polar bears faced with diminishing sea ice and climate change. The groups contend that the Department... Read More

Tags: Department of Interior , Climate Change , Alaska , North Slope , Litigation , lawsuit , polar bears , Native , global warming