The Interior Department decided that because federal scientists' findings that polar bears were endangered, they should be added to the endangered species list. The then Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, subsequently sued the federal government to keep polar bears from being listed. This is in spite of the fact that scientists in her own administration agreed with the feds. She claimed that scientific evidence showed that polar bears were not endangered, but that turned out to be untrue. Rick Steiner, a marine conservation specialist and University of Alaska professor explains the entire situation.
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