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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

October 22, 2009

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

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arctic, biogems, criticalhabitat, drilling, oil, polarbears

It’s been a good couple of weeks for polar bears.  First, the Department of the Interior announced that it would propose tighter international regulations of polar bear trophy hunting and trade under international law and, today, the Department of the...continued

Exxon Posts Record Profits; Group Funded by Exxon Attacks Polar Bears

July 31, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
CORE, drilling, exxon, globalwarming, oil, pacificlegalfoundation, polarbears

Today Exxon Mobil announced record quarterly profits of $11.7 billion (this is not just a record for Exxon, mind you, but for all of United States corporate history).  Yesterday, the Pacific Legal Foundation, a property-rights law firm, filed a letter on...continued

Andrew Wetzler
Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
Chicago
I grew up in New York City but spent my summers canoeing and hiking in...
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