Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to foul 168 miles of Louisiana coastline
Published: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 7:30 PM Updated: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 8:28 PM
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
Louisiana's coastline continues to be smeared with significant amounts of oil and oiled material from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, with cleanup teams struggling to remove as much as possible of the toxic material by the time migratory birds arrive at the end of February, said the program manager of the Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Teams, which are working for BP and the federal government.
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<!-- IE6 HACK -->"The reality is we still have hundreds of miles of oiled shoreline today," said Garret Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. "We still have oilings on a regular basis in areas of Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish, and there's still a lot of oil buried back in the marshes where it was carried during high water events.
"The threat is absolutely still there and the oil is absolutely still there," he said.
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Published: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 7:30 PM Updated: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 8:28 PM
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
Louisiana's coastline continues to be smeared with significant amounts of oil and oiled material from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, with cleanup teams struggling to remove as much as possible of the toxic material by the time migratory birds arrive at the end of February, said the program manager of the Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Teams, which are working for BP and the federal government.
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<!-- IE6 HACK -->"The reality is we still have hundreds of miles of oiled shoreline today," said Garret Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. "We still have oilings on a regular basis in areas of Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish, and there's still a lot of oil buried back in the marshes where it was carried during high water events.
"The threat is absolutely still there and the oil is absolutely still there," he said.
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Full text:
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