WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will celebrate Earth Day in the Everglades on Wednesday to call attention to problems caused by rising seas, citing its impact on South Florida tourism.
The Everglades is "one of the most special places" but also one of the most fragile, Obama said Saturday morning in his pre-recorded weekly address to the nation.
"Rising sea levels are putting a national treasure – and an economic engine for the South Florida tourism industry – at risk," he said in an address widely broadcast via radio and the Internet.