US: Polar Bear Petition Under the Endangered Species Act
Petition to list three species of corals as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (May 2005)
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Petition to list the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (October 2005)
In February 2005, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the ESA. Polar bears are threatened with extinction because global warming is causing rapid environmental change in the Arctic, including the melting of the polar bears’ sea ice habitat. In July 2005, Greenpeace and the National Resource Defense Council joined the petition. On October 12th 2005, the petitioners filed a Notice of Intent to Sue on the US Secretary of the Interior for failing to respond within the 90-day period required by the ESA. Petition and Notice available from here:
The petition from the web site of the the Center for Biological Diversity
The notice from the web site of the the Center for Biological Diversity
