Pacific state leaders unite to protect ocean

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PORTLAND - The governors of Oregon, California and Washington agreed Monday to join together to protect the Pacific Ocean, in much the same way the states teamed up earlier this year to fight greenhouse gases.

Conservationists said they were encouraged by the partnership, which could ramp up pressure on the federal government to enact a series of reforms the Pew Oceans Commission and U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy have recommended in recent years.

The Bush administration has been slow to act on the pleadings of both groups, who said that threats to the ocean require bold actions and millions of dollars in research into a body of water that's less understood than the surface of Mars.

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