(CN) – The Ninth Circuit on Monday restored a critical habitat that the U.S. government designated to protect the polar bear from the threat of climate change. Regulators listed the polar bear as an ...

Polar bear populations in fact may be larger than they were decades ago. By some estimates there were as few as 5,000 polar bears in the 1950s when hunting for sport and profit was far less regulated.

The state last month gave notice it also will sue over the critical habitat designation, claiming it will increase costs or even kill resource development projects that are important to Alaska.

In 2010, FWS issued a rule designating approximately 187,000 square miles as critical habitat for the polar bear, an area larger than the state of California.

The habitat designation adds a new question– what’s the impact on the bear’s habitat? -- but the answer is roughly the same. “Not just roughly, but I would say it would be the same. Swem says.

ANCHORAGE — The federal plan for designating more than 187,000 square miles as polar bear critical habitat is too large and will lead to huge, unnecessary costs for Alaska’s petroleum industry ...

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The critical habitat, proposed after conservationists filed suit demanding it, follows warnings that the polar bear could disappear from U.S. waters within the next century.

The Chukchi Sea lease sale, scheduled for February 6, 2008, has outraged conservationists, Alaska Natives, and lawmakers alike. Bills have been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The federal government will designate “critical habitat” for polar bears off Alaska’s coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore pe… ...

The federal government will designate “critical habitat” for polar bears off Alaska’s coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or dri… ...