Groups Sue Over Polar Bear Status

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Three conservation groups sued the Department of the Interior on Monday for missing a deadline on a decision to list polar bears as threatened because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.

A decision was due Jan. 9, one year after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the animals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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Groups Sue Over Polar Bear Status

Agency Director Dale Hall said in January that officials needed a few more weeks to make a decision. But two months later, no ...

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