The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the penguin species under the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday, declaring that sea ice loss driven by climate change has put their long-term survival in jeopardy. Environmentalists had sued the agency over the listing, citing scientific projections that nearly all emperor penguin colonies would be pushed to the brink of extinction by the end of the century without more aggressive action to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. |
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