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Industry and the environment prepare for oil spill’s long clean-up

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar warned that it could take up to 90 days before solving the oil rig leak off the coast of Louisiana. We talk to a business professor and a seafood wholesaler about how the spill affects the region’s fishing industry.

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