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President Barack Obama celebrated Earth Day at the entrance of Florida’s Everglades National Park.
“Climate change is threatening this treasure and the communities that depend on it, which includes almost all of South Florida. And if we don’t act, there may not be an Everglades as we know it,” Obama said. “Climate change can no longer be denied… And action can no longer be delayed.”
Sunday, in advance of his trip. the president said because of global warming “rising sea levels are putting a national treasure, and an economic engine for the South Florida tourism industry, at risk,”