Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific - washingtonpost.com

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:07 AM EST

Article Source: The Washington Post

politics, bush, environment, global-warming, climate-change, conservation, ocean, pacific-ocean, environmental-policy, environmental-conservation, national-monuments, ocean-conservation

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President Bush will create three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean today, according to his top aides, a move that will help preserve sprawling sea and island ecosystems and cement the one aspect of his legacy that has won praise, sometimes grudgingly, from many environmentalists.

Bush's decision to safeguard far-flung areas totaling 195,280 square miles, which comes just two weeks before he leaves office, underscores his contradictory environmental record. While he has resisted imposing mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change and has opened large areas of the nation to drilling, mining and other use of resources, by the end of his term he will have protected more ocean than any person in history.

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Rella

I really can't stand Bush, but I have to give credit where credit is due. This is a really good thing he is doing, and I applaud him for it.

I just wish he were as aggressive on other aspects of environmental protection as he is on ocean conservation.

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#1 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:12 AM EST

{"commentId":4689678,"authorDomain":"babin"}

babin

He's probably just signing the dotted line for someone elses idea.

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#1.1 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 4:20 PM EST

{"commentId":4687362,"authorDomain":"patrickseventy"}

Patrick Seventy

I agree, Rella. And kudos to W for not kowtowing to Cheney on this one.

Call me a cynic, but my mistrust of the Bush Admin can't help but wonder if any ulterior motives are going on here.

But I always welcome anything that lowers my cynicism barometer.

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1 vote

#2 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:25 PM EST

{"commentId":4687563,"authorDomain":"kramer-mw"}

Purple Party

This is only here so his library can point to it. Ignoring all the damage he has done. Hypocrite.

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#3 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST

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