Obama creates ‘climate resilience area’ in Bering Sea

Obama on his 2015 Alaska visit, where he highlighted climate change. Photo: Liz Ruskin/APRN.President Obama today issued an executive order creating the “Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area” of 112,300 square miles.
He also announced $30 million pledges from philanthropic groups for projects “related to shipping, ecosystem science, community and ecological resilience, and tribal engagement.”
The order withdraws 40,300 square miles from oil and