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Coming to the aid of the Gulf of Mexico

http://tbo.com/list/news-opinion-editorials/coming-to-the-aid-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-20131205/

State and federal officials merit credit for using more than $100 million in settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to perform restoration work on the Gulf of Mexico.

An explosion on the oil-drilling rig in April 2010 killed 11 men and caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history. An estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf before the leak was finally capped 87 days later. It killed scores of fish, birds, turtles and mammals, and its impact on the marine ecosystem is still being calculated.

University of South Florida researchers documented massive deep-sea plumes of oil and dispersants that settled on the Gulf floor and that may have long-term impacts