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Workers toil to cleanup an oil spill on the Mississippi River in Jesuit Bend, Louisiana, after a ship collided with an oil barge, spilling thousands of barrels of fuel into the water.
Cheryl Gerber / EPA

Friday, July 25, 2008
Oil and Water
Workers toil to cleanup an oil spill on the Mississippi River in Jesuit Bend, Louisiana, after a ship collided with an oil barge, spilling thousands of barrels of fuel into the water.