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The Oil Spill Has Stopped, but Berm Controversy Rages On
By Ben Sandmel - Politics DailyThe cap on the Deepwater Horizon rig has held for 10 days now. This might mean that the BP oil spill has gushed its last, thus putting finite, if as yet immeasurable, limits on the huge cleanup that remains. But Saturday's emergence of a short-lived tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico was a harsh reminder that, even if the spewing has stopped for good, the vast uncontained slick could still blow ashore and cause further fouling, especially in Louisiana. But In the view of the Baton Rouge-based coastal scientist Leonard Bahr, the environmental threat posed by such leaked oil is menacingly ...
Louisiana Gets OK to Build Sand Berms to Protect Marshes From Oil
By Ben Sandmel - Politics DailyNEW ORLEANS, La. -- Louisiana officials reached a major milestone midweek when the federal government approved construction of six sand berms to keep BP's oil spill from reaching precious coastal marshes. For weeks, an increasingly anxious Gov. Bobby Jindal and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser pushed to start building the berms while the federal government studied the plan. On Wednesday, Jindal thanked President Barack Obama, albeit begrudgingly. "We would have preferred it came through weeks ago," Jindal said. "We would have preferred they approved the whole plan [approximately ...
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