US lists polar bear as threatened species

May 14, 2008 By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer US lists polar bear as threatened species (AP)

In this 2003 file photo provided by Subhankar Banerjee a polar bear walks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A federal court in Oakland, Calif. has ordered Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to decide whether to list polar bears as threatened because of global warming's effect on their habitat, the frozen Arctic Ocean.(AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee)

(AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday.



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