Environmental group sues for federal protection of ice seals ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Environmentalists sued the Obama administration on Wednesday seeking federal safeguards for seals that rely on vanishing Arctic sea ice and accusing the government of dragging its feet in listing the marine mammals under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, saying the National Marine ... [News Source]