Oil still fouling La. marshes, tour finds

[cory777]

Source: Associated Press

PORT SULPHUR, La. – Federal and Louisiana officials got into a heated argument Friday over the cleanup of oiled marshes during a tour of an area that remains fouled 8 1/2 months after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

State and Plaquemines Parish officials took media on a boat tour of Barataria Bay, pointing out an area where oil continues to eat away at marshes and protective boom is either absent or has been gobbled up by the oil. The heavily saturated area that reporters saw was 30 feet to 100 feet wide in sections. No cleanup workers were there when reporters toured the area.

The marshes are critical to the Louisiana coast because they protect the shore from hurricanes and serve as a nursery for Gulf sea life.

"This is the biggest cover-up in the history of America," Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser told reporters, gesturing with his gloved right hand, which was covered in oil.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_cleanup

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[fatbuckel]

1. But they told us the oil was gone. They wouldn't lie to us, would they?

:sarcasm:

[DeSwiss]

2. Obama should send Bill Clinton.....

...that way he can do the same kind of bang-up job for Louisiana, that he's doing for Haiti.

- K&R

[drm604]

3. K&R

:kick:

[Crowman1979]

4. Hell, I could have told you that by driving over to Orange Beach, AL and uploading some photos.

Been there, done that last year.