Polar Bears: Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

Buck, Eugene H. ; Corn, M. L. ; Alexander, Kristina

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Endangered species;    Endangered animals;    polar bears;   

RP-ID  :  RL33941
RP-ID  :  RL33941_2009Mar04

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing itself was praised by some environmentalists, other parties, who opposed the listing itself, argued that the science supporting listing was weak, but felt that the regulations mitigated some of the economic impacts of the listing.