"WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make his first visit while in office to the Florida Everglades, choosing the backyard of a former Republican governor of the state, Jeb Bush, and its Republican senator, Marco Rubio, to demand action on climate change in a critical battleground in the 2016 presidential election.

Officially, Mr. Obama will be commemorating the 45th Earth Day with a series of announcements, including the designation of a national historic landmark at the home of the environmentalist who led efforts to rescue the grassy marshes of the Everglades.

But the president’s trip is also intended to sharpen a political contrast with Republicans in ways that will help the Democratic Party in the presidential contest, especially in states like Florida, where the impact of climate change is being felt in profound ways."

Michael D. Shear and Coral Davenport report for the New York Times April 22, 2015. [2]

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