2006年08月10日
ENS美國,華盛頓特區報導;謝芳怡編譯;莫聞審校
Oceans in Crisis But U.S. Slow to Act
The federal government is failing to respond to alarming evidence that the oceans are in crisis, ocean experts told a Senate panel last week. Two years after a federal commission called on the Bush administration and Congress to aggressively overhaul the nation's ocean policy, key recommendations have not been implemented and critical ocean research efforts face deep funding cuts.