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that those plans may be all cap us under by these products to basically do unplanned postal engineering that will completely uncover the louisiana coast. do you think this is a case of a politician wanting to do something and even though you re saying that the science is not there? i m hesitant to question the motive of louisiana politicians. i m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they are proposing these projects because they believe that they will work and it s unfortunate that they haven t done the kind of consultation that they have in louisiana i think to include their feedback and the scientists who are criticizing these projects are doing so because we also believe that we have what is in the best interest of the coast of louisiana.
the way that the tides move in and out and the way that the sediment moves and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm to the wetlands than you re trying to protect. you re hearing that the eke logical impact may not be as bad as some had feared early on. tell me about that. well, i spoke with a lot of agency officials and scientists in louisiana. so far the oil has not penetrated incredibly deeply into the wetlands and there is a growing faith that the system could recover from this spill. and i think what the scientists are backing increasingly worried about is that the plans for the long term ecological restoration of postal louisiana that has been under way for 20 years, this is wetland restoration,
information as we get it. from watching this m pprogram, know that bh hasn t been forthcoming with information. no oil seems to be coming out of the well. the oil is not pouring into the water. where exactly is it? all of the oil still out there, where is it? chad myers joins us right now. reporter: the thickest stuff is still well off shore and that s great news. obviously here is the shore and here is louisiana and back out towards texas. there is still a sheen in this entire area bound by this big red line. most of the oil is well off shore. that s the best thing that we can talk about, how far away it is and where it s going to be going. there is a loop current coming out of the caribbean and sometimes going all the way where the oil should be and then up into the northeast. that is not happening. that s not happening at all that way. it s kind of cut off and coming up only to around cuba and then
clear, the extent of the armoring that they would like to do, but they have a permit to build 40-feet miles of berm, if they were trying to keep it from washing away, then you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. the way that the tides move in and out and the way that the sediment moves and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm to the wetlands than you re trying to protect. you re hearing that the eke logical impact may not be as bad as some had feared early on. tell me about that. well, i spoke with a lot of agency officials and scientists in louisiana. so far the oil has not penetrated incredibly deeply into the wetlands and there is a growing faith that the system could recover from this spill. and i think what the scientists are backing increasingly worried about is that the plans for the long term ecological restoration