Factoid/2010/07/28
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Oil Canals in the Louisiana Gulf Coast -- Like Soda through a Straw
- "There are about 10,000 miles of oil canals in the Louisiana Gulf Coast... These canals, plus the underground pipelines... can have a devastating effect... Not only do they clear marsh, but these arrow-straight channels become pathways for saltwater to be sucked up into freshwater marshes, like soda through a straw." - excerpt from this CNN article.
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