ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20050
No(s). 11-5219 (D.C. Cir. Mar 1, 2013)

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a lower court decision upholding FWS' listing of the polar bear as threatened under the ESA, in part due to the effects of global climate change. Below, a number of industry groups argued that the listing rule is arbitrary and capricious under the APA and that FWS' action s...