Obama Proposes Vast Expansion of Pacific Ocean Sanctuaries for Marine Life

On Jun 17, 2014, at 6:27 PM, Kathy Gilbeaux via admin wrote:

> *Proposed expansion of a marine monument*
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> President Obama wants to use his executive authority to expand the Pacific
> Remote Islands Marine National Monument, but he won't decide until after
> getting public input.
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> SOURCE: Interior Department. GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark. Published June 17,
> 2014.
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> washingtonpost.com - by Juliet Eilperin - June 17, 2014
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> President Obama announced [1] Tuesday his intent to make a broad swath of the
> central Pacific Ocean off-limits to fishing, energy exploration and other
> activities.
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> The proposal, slated to go into effect later this year after a comment
> period, could create the world’s largest marine sanctuary and double the
> area of ocean globally that is fully protected.
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> (READ COMPLETE ARTICLE) [2]
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> [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/06/17/obama-leonardo-dicaprio-vow-efforts-to-protect-the-ocean/
> [2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-will-propose-vast-expansion-of-pacific-ocean-marine-sanctuary/2014/06/16/f8689972-f0c6-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html?hpid=z1