Appeals panel finds protections for ice seals reasonable

An appeals court panel has found that a federal agency acted reasonably in proposing to list certain populations of bearded seals as threatened by the loss of sea ice.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court ruling that found the decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service was improper.
At issue was whether the agency, when it determines a species that isn’t endangered will lose habitat due to climate change over the coming