Legal Opinion

Safari Club International v. Salazar

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided October 17, 2011No. Mise. No. 08-764 (EGS); MDL No. 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.

On May 15, 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“the Service” or “the agency”) published its final rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) because of anticipated impacts to its sea ice habitat from increasing Arctic temperatures, which the agency attributed to global greenhouse gas emissions and related atmospheric changes. See generally Determination of Threatened Status for the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Throughout Its Range, 73 Fed.Reg. 28,212 (May 15, 2008) (“Listing Rule”).…

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In Re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act ListingDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011