Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes
A century after Teddy Roosevelt started preserving landmarks and landscapes as national monuments, President Bush has swept nearly 200,000 square miles of seascapes into three new national marine monuments around US Pacific territories.
The much-anticipated action this week follows a similar move two years ago along the northwest Hawaiian islands. Taken together, the two efforts extend tough environmental safeguards to 355,000 square miles of ...
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The obvious reference to TR is mostly unfounded in the whole. TR bucked big business interests environmentally throughout his Presidency, not just crumbs as a lame duck. Bush's legacy of pandering to the entrenched wealthy interests over the common citizen is legendary.