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Polar bears and oil spark conservation clash in Chukchi Sea
The Fish and Wildlife Service allows oil firms to search for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea with incidental bear harm rules for five years. About 2,000 polar bears inhabit the area near the 2015 lease auction won by ConocoPhillips Shell and others for 2.6 billion, drawing environmentalist objections to policy.
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Washington, D.C
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Chukchi Sea
Alaska
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