The Fight Over the Polar Bear

The Polar Bear was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act on May 15th of this year by the Interior Department. The article, Polar bear is listed as threatened species , by Kenneth R. Weiss in the Los Angeles Times from May 15, 2008 states that the threatened status means that the Polar Bear is likely to become endangered in the near future. Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department for listing the Polar Bear as a threatened species saying it unfairly targets businesses in Alaska for global warming. You can read more about this lawsuit in an article on MSNBC, Industry groups file lawsuitover polar bear rule. If you want further information on polar bears or on endangered species, check out these books in our collection:

Vanishing World: the endangered arctic
G610 .D45 2007

Endangered Species
QH 75 .E665 2008

Polar Bears
QL 737 .C27 S726 1988

Encyclopedia of the Arctic
G606 .E49 2005 (in our reference section)