Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged

July 9th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Environment
Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged (AP)

This is an undated file photo provided by Subhankar Banerjee, shows a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday July 8, 2008, in Anchorage, Alaska, two conservation groups are challenging the Bush administration\'s recent decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses in the growing pursuit of fossil fuels off the northwestern Alaska coast. (AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee)

(AP) -- Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the northwestern Alaska coast.

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