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Hands Across the Sand protest has gone viral and international
The gulf spill has widened the Hands Across the Sand movement’s purpose and scope.
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Sand berm construction set to begin to block oil from Gulf of Mexico spill
Some would prefer to see resources used to rebuild barrier islands
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US Coast Guard tells BP to pay for more sand berms
US officials have ordered oil giant BP to pay for five more sand barriers in the Mississippi Delta to keep oil from the gushing Deepwater Horizon well from reaching Louisiana’s fragile wetlands.
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Sand berms to be built to hold off oil from Louisiana coast
VENICE, Louisiana (AFP) – US officials were poised Saturday to begin building massive sand barriers in the Mississippi Delta in a last-ditch bid to keep oil from BP’s gushing Deepwater Horizon well from reaching Louisiana’s fragile wetlands.
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U.S. Coast Guard approves construction of ‘prototype’ sand berm to fight oil spill
Gerald Herbert / The Associated PressRetired Coast Guard Adm.Thad Allen participates in a morning operations briefing at the Incident Command Post Houma in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Houma, La., Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard said…
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