The Obama administration may soon be able to take another crack at listing the polar bear as an endangered species – a move that environmentalists hope will eventually lead to regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Endangered Species Act.
A federal judge said Wednesday he will likely send a George W. Bush-era decision to give a lesser protective designation back to the Interior Department, giving the Obama administration a chance to re-list the species.
Environmental groups are challenging the 2008 decision to list the polar bear as “threatened,” as a result of global warming, rather than the stronger “endangered” status.
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