Action on polar bears might curb oil drilling in Alaska

By Richard Chasey, posted on October 29th, 2009 in Biodiversity, Energy, Politics

Originally Published by Wash Post Science

The Obama administration said last week that it plans to designate more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as “critical habitat” for polar bears, which could add restrictions to offshore drilling for oil and gas.

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