Shrinking Florida Everglades is proof positive climate change is real and is threatening America 's 'national treasures , ' president said today . Obama also took a half -hour walking tour of the the Anhinga Trail at the 1.5-million-acre national park before giving his speech and heading home . ' I can ’ t think of a better way to spend Earth Day than in one of our nation ’ s greatest natural treasures , the Everglades , ' he said , calling the swamp , which he acknowledged is not technically a swamp , 'magical ' Day trip , on which Obama was accompanied by Bill Nye 'the Science Guy ' also highlighted massive amount of fuel it takes to power Air Force One gallons for today 's flights alone .
Shrinking Florida Everglades is proof positive climate change is real and is threatening America 's 'national treasures , ' president said today . Obama also took a half -hour walking tour of the the Anhinga Trail at the 1.5-million-acre national park before giving his speech and heading home . ' I can ’ t think of a better way to spend Earth Day than in one of our nation ’ s greatest natural treasures , the Everglades , ' he said , calling the swamp , which he acknowledged is not technically a swamp , 'magical ' Day trip , on which Obama was accompanied by Bill Nye 'the Science Guy ' also highlighted massive amount of fuel it takes to power Air Force One - 9,000 gallons for today 's flights alone .