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A federal judge has given the Bush administration until May 15th to decide if the polar belongs on the endangered species list ?but whether the bear will get protection from global warming and development is unclear.
Protecting the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act could force the government to take action on global warming and development in the Arctic. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Bill Snape from the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the plaintiffs who sued the federal government to make a decision about the polar bear.