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"White House Releases Report on Gulf Restoration"

"NEW ORLEANS -- The Obama administration has released a report on how the Gulf Coast can be restored following the nation's worst offshore oil spill after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana in April 2010. The report from the White House's Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Task Force comes out the same week Congress considers a bill designed to handle billions of dollars in Clean Water Act fines BP is expected to pay for the release of more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf."



Cain Burdeau reports for the Associated Press December 5, 2011.

SEE ALSO:

"Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy" (EPA)

"USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf River Basins" (AP)

"Task Force Says BP Oil Spill Fines Should Go to Gulf Restoration" (New York Times)

"States Want To Direct Flow of Gulf Oil Spill Fines" (USA TODAY)

"Millions Available To Restore Texas Gulf Coast Area" (Austin American-Statesman)

"Feds Give Gulf Plan $50 Million Boost" (Houston Chronicle)

"EPA Announces Federal Task Force Plan To Restore the Gulf of Mexico Following the Deepwater Horizon Disaster" (Corpus Christi Caller)

"Gulf Restoration Plan Includes Pensacola Bay Estuary" (Pensacola News Journal)

"Report Urges Congress To Funnel Oil-Spill Penalty Money To Gulf" (E2 Wire/The Hill)

Source: AP, 12/06/2011