Earthjustice Supports Listing of Polar Bear as Threatened

A statement from Earthjustice attorney Clayton Jernigan delivered at a March 5 public hearing in Washington DC, supporting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to the impacts of global warming.

• Earthjustice supports the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to list polar bears as threatened, agreeing with the science-based conclusion that global warming threatens the species' survival by weakening physical condition and inhibiting reproductive success.
• Earthjustice urges the government to conduct a cumulative review of habitat destruction, specifically accounting for the combined effects of global climate change and oil and gas development in the Arctic.
• Earthjustice requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extend its definition of the 'foreseeable future' from forty-five years to at least one-hundred years, noting that the National Marine Fisheries Service used a one-hundred year time frame for the Steller sea lion.
• Earthjustice advocates for the designation of critical habitat to ensure the species' existence, specifically suggesting the inclusion of coastal areas for denning and movement, as well as the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas where sea-ice is seasonal.

APA

Jernigan, C. (2007). Earthjustice Supports Listing of Polar Bear as Threatened. Earthjustice. https://earthjustice.org/press/2007/earthjustice-supports-listing-of-polar-bear-as-threatened

Chicago

Jernigan, Clayton. Earthjustice Supports Listing of Polar Bear as Threatened. Earthjustice, 2007. https://earthjustice.org/press/2007/earthjustice-supports-listing-of-polar-bear-as-threatened.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{jernigan2007earthjustice, author = {Jernigan, Clayton}, title = {{Earthjustice Supports Listing of Polar Bear as Threatened}}, publisher = {Earthjustice}, year = {2007}, month = mar, url = {https://earthjustice.org/press/2007/earthjustice-supports-listing-of-polar-bear-as-threatened}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }