George W. Bush who's main enviormental concerns are related to the ocean will be protecting 195,280 square miles of the Pacific ocean. According to the Washingtonpost it took affect on January 6th 2009.His plans are to prohibit oil & gas exploration. Bush a fisherman himself is making commercial fishing illegal in that area as well, but recreation fishing will be allowed upon fishing permits. In this article there were different quotes that either agreed with Bush or Disagreed with him ,Agree
It has taken 137 years, since the creation of America's first national park in Yellowstone in 1872, to recognize that unique areas of the world's oceans deserve the same kind of protection as we have afforded similar places on land," Reichert said. "And none too soon."
Disagree
"If you're going to keep the public out of a public area, you need a darned good reason to do that," said Nussman, whose group represents manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers who supply the sport fishing industry. "We don't think they've met that 'darned good reason' test."
In 2006 Bush also protected a major part of the Hawaiian Islands. What most people might find confusing is,why he didn't do much about any other enviormental problems. Such as climate change. In an article,"Bush's seven deadly environmental sins " Katharine Mieszkowski writes out seven things bush did or didn't do that had no positive impact on Global Warming. He first disagrees with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, then he vows to the veto legislation that would have limited greenhouse gases. The he ignored and did nothing about the plan he annouced to have energy efficient cars by 2020, he never offered any protection over the endangered or threated species, none of the land that was going to be drilled for hydrocarbons was developed. Katharine Mieszkowski also writes that Bush has never actully been to the forest or trees. The last deadly enviromental sin Bush commited was, Choked our clean-air standards, he didnt lower the regulations of air pollution. To me I think Bush doesnt see it as a big problem because permited more pollution to National parks.
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