Environmental groups cheered a Federal Court ruling today that forces the Bush administration to decide by mid-May whether polar bears deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act because of Arctic impacts from the warming climate.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/court-forces-government-to-move-on- polar-bear-status/?hp

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/court-forces-government-to-move-on- polar-bear-status/?hp