An Alaska petroleum industry trade group has sued the federal government over its designation of a polar bear critical habitat that is some 25,000 square miles larger than California.
The Alaska Oil and Gas Association filed its lawsuit Tuesday in Anchorage.
The state of Alaska and a coalition of Alaska Native groups also had given the federal government a required 60-day notice that they intend to sue over the recovery plan for polar bears. Those lawsuits have not been filed.
The Interior Department under former President George W. Bush declared polar bears a threatened species in 2008 because of the threat from diminishing sea ice.
The trade association says in its lawsuit that proposing the 187,157-square-mile critical habitat for polar bears was excessive and arbitrary.
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