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Administration Pushes To Protect Antarctica’s Fragile Environment
The Obama administration wants to put some limits on tourism in the Antarctic.
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WASHINGTON (April 5, 2009)--The Obama administration is pushing to protect Antarctica's fragile environment.
The U.S. wants to impose mandatory limits on the size of cruise ships sailing there and the number of passengers they bring ashore.
U.S. diplomats will propose amending the 50-year-old Antarctic Treaty.
The move would seek to mandate, under international law, the current voluntary restrictions on tourism.
A U.S. document provided to The Associated Press by the State Department says the plan would "minimize the likelihood of marine oil spills" in the Antarctic and "ensure that tourism is conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner."
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