Obama Celebrates Earth Day
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From the Center
Obama Visits Florida Everglades to Press Climate Change AgendaPresident Barack Obama will celebrate Earth Day by traveling to the Florida Everglades, a trip aimed at highlighting the risks posed by climate change and decrying those who deny the threat.
Wednesday’s visit will be the president’s first to the Everglades, a region the White House calls “ground zero” for the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels in the low-lying area are eroding the shoreline, endangering the landscape and threatening drinking water supplies.
Mr. Obama’s tour of Everglades National Park is part of a broad administration-wide push to show...
From the Left
Obama Spends Earth Day In The Everglades, Taunting Republicans On Climate ChangePresident Barack Obama is making an Earth Day visit to Florida's Everglades on Wednesday, where he'll talk about environmental issues. It's of course a huge coincidence that the visit is in the backyard of two Republican presidential hopefuls who have been squishy on the subject of climate change.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on a call ahead of the trip that Obama "will use the occasion of Earth Day to highlight his commitment to fighting to protect public health and to fighting the carbon pollution that contributes...
From the Right
Obama honors Earth Day by using 9,180 gallons of jet fuel — that’s just the startPresident Obama is celebrating Earth Day by flying in his jumbo jet down to Florida so he can tour the Everglades.
The 1,836-mile roundtrip will consume 9,180 gallons of fuel on Air Force One, according to CBS White House reporter Mark Knoller. And that’s just the president’s plane.
There will a half-dozen support planes along for the trip, Marine One helicopters, and a 25- to 30-vehicle motorcade belching exhaust into the air.
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