More than $200 million is going to be contributed toward restoring marshes in Louisiana following the 2010 BP oil spill that saw 100 million gallons of oil spill into the region.
The settlement for BP for that incident was more than $20 billion after the government sued over violations to the Clean Water Act, among other claims.
These projects are designed to help restore the thousands of acres of marshes in the New Orleans region of Louisiana.
After studying the extent of the damage for 6 years...
As well, there were also lives lost over the incident, 11 workers died and several others injured.
Scientists have suggested that the spill caused the deaths of between 600,000 to 800,000 seabirds.
Over 100k sea turtles died and more than 8 billion oysters were lost.
For the United States it has become known as one of the worst environmental disasters in history. So the $20 billion doesn't seem like much when you consider the damage that was inflicted upon individuals and the environment.
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