Agence France-Presse: The US government gave the go-ahead Thursday for an ambitious plan to construct several barrier islands to reduce the amount of oil from the giant Gulf of Mexico spill from coming ashore. Coast Guard commandant Thad Allen told reporters that he gave approval for the trial construction of a section of prototype barriers that, if they appear to work, could become part of a larger construction separating the Louisiana coastland from the widening oil slick. "The state of Louisiana ......
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Plan for barrier islands against oil spill approved
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2010
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