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Collapsing Marsh Dwarfs BP Oil Blowout as Ecological DisasterQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples 2 comments
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| Long before BP's blowout menaced the Gulf of Mexico, an oil industry-related coastal crisis of another kind began unfolding all over the Mississippi River coastal delta. Dredging for navigation, oil and gas drilling and pipeline construction has ripped apart the estuary's fragile system of fresh and saltwater marshes. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.
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