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November 16, 2012

BP Settlement Leaves Many Unsettled

Chris Kirkham, Huffington Post


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As millions of gallons of oil gushed out of BP's runaway well two years ago, Dean Blanchard's normally bustling shrimp dock in Grand Isle, La., was transformed into an oil cleanup depot. His business ground to a halt. Instead of unloading freshly caught shrimp from the marshes, he watched workers in white HAZMAT suits rescue pelicans coated in brown sludge.

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