Poster
05-06-2004, 09:24 AM
A new preliminary report released last week by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy calls for centralizing ocean policymaking into a single agency. The National Ocean Council in the White House would significantly increase federal spending on ocean science and education through an Ocean Policy Trust Fund.
“Protection and preservation of America's coastal waters is one of those issues that regularly gets pushed aside because it would be costly and would appear to lack urgency. In fact, it would be costlier not to address the degradation of the oceans, given the enormous impact they have upon the environment and the food supply, for starters.”
“Creation of a National Ocean Council in the White House, argues the commission, would end redundancy and confusion by centralizing all federal ocean policy in one agency. This is not a controversial recommendation and should be addressed quickly by Congress.”
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“Protection and preservation of America's coastal waters is one of those issues that regularly gets pushed aside because it would be costly and would appear to lack urgency. In fact, it would be costlier not to address the degradation of the oceans, given the enormous impact they have upon the environment and the food supply, for starters.”
“Creation of a National Ocean Council in the White House, argues the commission, would end redundancy and confusion by centralizing all federal ocean policy in one agency. This is not a controversial recommendation and should be addressed quickly by Congress.”
For more information see: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~6267~2125457,00.html