Did Oil Canals Worsen Katrina's Effects?

By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

(AP) -- Service canals dug to tap oil and natural gas dart everywhere through the black mangrove shrubs, bird rushes and golden marsh. From the air, they look like a Pac-Man maze superimposed on an estuarine landscape 10 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park.

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