Friends of the Earth: Court Orders Fish and Wildlife Service to Fix Regulation Allowing Oil Companies to Harm Polar Bears
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 22 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on March 21, 2024:
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must correct legal errors with a regulation that allows oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears on the North Slope of Alaska.
The rule allows oil operators to harass and disturb a significant number of bears while they're denning, feeding, hunting, . . .
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must correct legal errors with a regulation that allows oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears on the North Slope of Alaska.
The rule allows oil operators to harass and disturb a significant number of bears while they're denning, feeding, hunting, . . .