Obama Creates World’s Largest Protected Marine Reserve in the Pacific Ocean | CTKN

Obama Creates World’s Largest Protected Marine Reserve in the Pacific Ocean | CTKN: "President Obama used his legal authority to create the world’s largest fully protected marine reserve in the central Pacific Ocean, following thru on a promise made in June, reports said.
According to an article by Juliet Eilperin, White House correspondent for The Washington Post, this move demonstrated the president’s increased willingness to advance a conservation agenda without the need for congressional approval.
By broadening the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument from almost 87,000 square miles to more than 490,000 square miles, Obama has protected more acres of federal land and sea by executive power than any other president in at least 50 years and makes the area off-limits to commercial fishing."



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