Wow, I feel sorry for the kid in this, she is genuinely scared. And so, this is slightly NSFW. Scary, but you can’t take your eyes off. Via Chris in Paris.
(Not Safe For Work — overexcited expletives.) Via.
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I think this is good news, but I don’t know enough about how this stuff works. Time to read up.
Reporting from Washington —President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America’s oceans and Great Lakes, including a type of zoning that could dramatically rebalance the way government regulates offshore drilling, fishing and other marine activities.
The policy would not create new regulations or immediately alter drilling plans or fisheries management. But White House documents and senior administration officials suggest it would strengthen conservation and ecosystem protection.
The initiative culminates more than a year of work by a federal Ocean Policy Task Force, which Obama established last year. After the task force releases its final recommendations, the president is expected to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to adopt and implement them.
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