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Boxer’s trip, her second in many years, was especially important, Nelson said, because the national park had been recently taken off a United Nations environmental “danger” list, something that concerned Florida’s senior senator.
Nelson plans to hold a congressional hearing today to find out why the Everglades was taken off the list when he says the health of the park has been deteriorating for years. The national park had been on the U.N.’s World Heritage Committee list since 1993, after Hurricane Andrew caused immense water pollution and other damage.
Simply, Nelson blames the Bush administration, which has been “unrelenting in its efforts to downplay the importance of the Everglades,” he said. Most recently, the White House has threatened to veto the Water Resources Development Act, a bill that is six years overdue and contains approximately $2 billion in Everglades funding.