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BP’s $7.8 Billion Settlement of Deepwater Horizon Spill Does Nothing for Louisiana
What does Louisiana get from the $8 billion BP settlement? Nothing, writes John M. Barry.
John M. Barry
Published
Mar. 7 2012
3:30PM EST
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