Appeals court rules designation of area larger than California not arbitraryAlaska senator ‘enraged’ by move likely to forestall potential oil drillingA federal government draw to protect a huge area of the US Arctic as habitat for polar bears has been upheld by an appeals court, overturning a previous victory by the state of Alaska and fossil fuel lobbyists against the designation.
The US court of appeals for the ninth circuit reversed a lower-court decision that the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s protection of 187000 square miles of Alaska’s northern coast an area larger than California – was too extensive and arbitrary.
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Source: theguardian.com