Louisiana's love-hate relationship with the oil industry

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 01:21 in Earth & Climate

The industry bankrolls 14% of the state's budget and supports 320,000 jobs, but at a cost. The state has sacrificed some of its biologically rich wetlands, as well as some residents' health.The trucks came at night, ferrying load after load of oil-field waste from Alabama to the US Liquids disposal facility in this tiny south Louisiana settlement.

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