Adaptation: Obama crafts marine monument as climate change bulwark

The White House is touting as a bulwark against climate change impacts President Obama's plan to designate a 4,913-square-mile stretch of the Atlantic Ocean a national monument, which will restrict commercial fishing and other activities in the area off the New England coast to preserve aquatic life and underwater features. Obama was scheduled to announce the move Sept. 15 during the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. In a Sept. 14 press call previewing the announcement, senior administration officials said...