Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific

[babylonsister]

We're being thrown a bone! Now no one will complain about all the environmental damage this admin has done right here in the good ole USA.



Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific

Bush to protect parts of 3 Pacific island chains in historic conservation effort

DINA CAPPIELLO
AP News

Jan 05, 2009 12:57 EST


President George W. Bush plans to designate three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history.

The three areas — totaling some 195,280 square miles — are expected to include the Mariana Trench along the Northern Mariana Islands, Rose Atoll in American Samoa and seven islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

White House press secretary Dana Perino confirmed plans for an announcement by the president on Tuesday but declined to provide other details. The areas will be protected under the 1906 Antiquities Act.

The president's action will prohibit the destruction and extraction of natural resources from the areas, Perino said, adding that the designation will not conflict with U.S. military activities or freedom of navigation.

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[louis-t]

1. Took him a while to find someplace Big Oil didn't want.

God, he's such an ass.