Three points.  (1)  This case illustrates how important it is not to have democrat presidents appoint judges and the Senate to confirm them.  They always find a way to fall on the side of big government no matter what the facts or the law says.  There is now literally no animal that cannot be listed based on speculation of what the weather will be in 100, 200, or 300 years.  

(2)  Did the record include the terms of the recent Obama climate accord with 80 plus other nations?  The agreement is supposed to stop global warming (good luck getting China and India to agree to kill their economies and locking citizens into poverty)    

(3)  "Kristen Monsell, an attorney for the environmental group who argued the case [said] the only way to mitigate climate - related harm to bearded seals is to deny development permits so fossil fuels stay in the ground ..."  The only thing staying in the ground will be Alaska oil and the revenue used to pay for education, medicaid, pioneer homes, etc.,