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STATE The Associated Press JUNEAU - The lawyers aren't clearing their calendars just yet, but the oil industry is bracing for some courtroom battles to maintain its stake in Alaska's oil-rich fields now that the Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species.

Oil industry expects fights over polar bear listing

 On the list: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announces the polar bear is now a threatened species Wednesday at a news conference at the Interior Department in Washington.
Pablo Monsivais / The Associated Press
On the list: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announces the polar bear is now a threatened species Wednesday at a news conference at the Interior Department in Washington.
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