The US government has opted to retain a Bush-era rule that limits protection for polar bears from the effects of global warming.
Environmental groups had been calling for the rule to be lifted, and the US Congress had given Interior Secretary Ken Salazar the power to do so.
Mr Salazar said lifting the rule would create "uncertainty and confusion".
The rule means the government will act only against threats to polar bears that arise in their Arctic habitat....
"The Endangered Species Act is not the proper mechanism for controlling our nation's carbon emissions," Mr Salazar said.
In a related ruling, the Obama administration also will not be offering protection to breasts suffering from the effects of gravity.
The BBC remains saddened, angered and stupid.
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