22 MAR 2012 by ideonexus

 Republican Environmental Acts

Recently, President Bush declared the vast ocean and archipelago known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as a national monument. At 1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide, the site is loo times larger than Yosemite National Park, larger than forty-six of the fifty states, and home to more than 7,000 marine species. American presidents have the authority to make far-reaching environmental commitments. President Richard M. Nixon's environmental legacy was the Endangered Species Act. It appears ...
Folksonomies: politics environmentalism
Folksonomies: politics environmentalism
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Bush Jr. declared an area near the Hawaiian ocean a national monument and Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act.