Environmental Defense Fund calls for additional coastal restoration money

The Times Picayune reports that the Environmental Defense Fund has called for emergency appropriations to avert catastrophe on the Louisiana coast:

In addition to the emergency appropriations, the fund’s proposal calls for:

- A “massive intervention” to halt the flow of oil and prevent as much of it as possible from reaching wetlands.

- A sustained, long-term, science-based clean-up program.

- Economic assistance for fishermen and others affected by the spill.

- Scientific research and monitoring aimed at assessing the short-term and long-term effects of the spill and its clean-up.

More here:

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/citing_gulf_of_mexico_oil_leak.html

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