Gulf Oil Spill: Burning, flooding among uneasy choices for clearing oil out of pristine wetlands

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Wanna be even more pessimistic about the long-term prognosis for the coastal areas to recover from the oil spill: Well, read this analysis below:

FOXNews.com - Burning, flooding among uneasy choices for clearing oil out of pristine wetlands

and watch:



Hoping for the best, but with oil in the marshes and on the beaches already, this is gonna be a long slog (literally!).

David

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