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President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Wells, Maine
12:12 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Before I start going on too long about Mother Earth, I do want to recognize my mother on Earth. Thanks for coming, Mom. (Applause.) I hope you're up the road making my bed. (Laughter.)

Earth Day has become a great tradition in our country. It's a day that reminds us that we must be good stewards of the land around us. That's what this day says to us. And we're lucky to live in America, because we're blessed with such unbelievable lands.

The importance about Earth Day is that it reminds us that we can't take the natural wonders for granted.

The continued retreat of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula has been widely attributed to recent atmospheric warming... The pattern is broadly compatible with retreat driven by atmospheric warming, but the rapidity of the migration suggests that this may not be the sole driver of glacier retreat in this region.

That's what Earth Day says to me, and I hope it says to you, as well, that we have responsibilities to the natural world to conserve that which we have and to make it even better. These have been tough times for America, but we're doing the right thing. We're spreading

Removal of other areas of floating ice could further increase this imbalance and thus make a substantial contribution to sea level rise.

freedom and peace, so that our children can grow up in a peaceful world. (Applause.) What's interesting about this year's Earth Day

Is that we know that the loss of floating ice shelves can cause acceleration of inland glaciers, these observations suggest that the cumulative loss of ice at the fronts of these glaciers may be leading to an increased drainage of the Antarctic Peninsula that is more widespread than previously thought.

In other words, in order to make sure the restoration works, it requires more than just government. It requires a buy-in by community partners. It requires a buy-in by corporate America. See, corporate America has a responsibility to the communities in which they live. They've got the responsibility to tell the truth when it comes to their balance sheets, and they've got the responsibility to contribute the quality of the communities in which they live.

Right. OK, Mr. President. Anyways, wanna read the rest? Not me, but here you go -

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040422-4.html

Or better yet, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/308/5721/541

I'm grumpy today. Was up late with Umbrella and Allycat and Leo and the boy.

But its Friday, and I can be happy for that.

- Ms. Bling.

// posted by MMIMIKA @ 10:59 AM