NOAA sees long-term impact from Gulf spill

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Washington-The Gulf of Mexico oil spill “will likely have considerable impacts for years and possibly decades to come,” Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said August 4 at a White House briefing. “I think the common view of most of the scientists inside and outside government is that the effects of the spill will likely linger for decades,” she said.