WASHINGTON – July 19, 2010 – US President Barack Obama on Monday launched a new National Oceans Policy, designed to promote healthy eco-systems in coastal waters, seas and Great Lakes surrounding the United States.
Obama formalized recommendations of an ocean policy task force in an executive order, as his administration battles the worst environmental disaster in US history spawned by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
"The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and resulting environmental crisis is a stark reminder of how vulnerable our marine environments are," Obama said in the order.
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