Drill for Oil or Save Bears?
                   
rian.ru     May 22, 2008            

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The oil industry is bracing for some courtroom battles to maintain its stake in Alaska's oil-rich fields now that the U.S. Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species. About 15 percent of America's oil is produced in Alaska, and soaring prices for the... [read full story]                    


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