(via AP/Wire) : Bush Offers "Boost" to Marine Conservation

Written by Miles Reed

Wednesday, 07 March 2007

Bush Offers Boost to Marine Conservation WASHINGTON, (AP) --President Bush on Friday proposed an 8 percent increase in the $1.75 billion federal budget for coastal and marine conservation programs. The president hopes "to clean up our oceans and coastlines," said Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, whose agency includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which would get most of the additional $143 million budget request. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/26/national/w154253S08.DTL&hw=ocean&sn=038&sc=459

 

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