Little Chance of Oil Spill Reaching Florida Keys

July 30th, 2010 admin

The head of the U.S. Government’s response effort to mitigate the Transocean/BP oil spill said that with the oil leak capped there is now little chance of oil remnants reaching the Florida Keys and the South Florida mainland. Read more…


Originally posted on Diverwire

 
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