Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Published: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:37 AM
Updated: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:42 AM
Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune
Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delta.
The discovery, which comes as millions of birds begin moving toward the region in the fall migration, gave ammunition to groups that have insisted the government has overstated clean-up progress, and could force reclosure of key fishing areas only recently reopened.
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