Bush creates world’s largest marine sanctuary
Posted: Sunday, June 18th, 2006 by StanleyTags: Bush, Climate Change, Conservation, Wildlife
Bush did a good thing, he has declared the Northwestern Hawaiian islands a national monument. This will be the largest national monument in the world. Over 140,000 square miles, bigger than 46 of our 50 states. This is great news for the wildlife that calls this stretch of land home.
Here comes the cynicism.
The only problems with Bush's declaration is that for one, it's clearly a publicity stunt to put some polish on his otherwise appalling environmental record. But we can overlook that, the end result is still good, the real problem is that Bush has trouble admiting global warming is a real problem. He just doesn't believe it's happening, or at least he isn't willing to admit it. The problem is that just a little over a week ago scientists have concluded that this same sancuary may be submerged by 2100 due to rising sea levels from global warming.
So Mr. Bush, if you're so concerned about this swatch of land, why don't you address the concerns of global warming so that you can really protect it? Oh wait, they will be submerged after 2008, guess he doesn't need to worry about it then.
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