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Coastal erosion has broken through the marsh grass in the Barataria basin near Port Fourchon, La., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. Many scientists say the oil industry's 10,000 miles of canals in the Mississippi River Delta and the drilling they supported played a decisive role in the $135 billion Hurricane Katrina disaster. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon

Katrina Oil Canals

Coastal erosion has broken through the marsh grass in the Barataria basin near Port Fourchon, La., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. Many scientists say the oil industry's 10,000 miles of canals in the Mississippi River Delta and the drilling they supported played a decisive role in the $135 billion Hurricane Katrina disaster. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)