Fishermen, tour operators watch anxiously as oil from wrecked rig creeps toward Gulf Coast

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The news article `Weather hinders fight as Gulf oil slick comes ashore Obama puts hold on new offshore drilling ' by Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press is the latest report as of April 30th 2010 , on the major oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana . The spill was caused due to an unexplained explosion on April 20th and the consequential sinking of the oil rig `Deepwater Horizon while digging a well . The rig

was being operated by British Petroleum (BP . The article reports the ongoing efforts of the Coast Guard , BP and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to curb the spill from causing major environmental damage . Government officials have been reported to estimate the rate of oil being released presently at 200 ,000 gallons per day . Burdeau enumerates the damage caused to wildlife by oil-spills and the need for quick action to contain the spill , in to prevent another disaster in the lines of or even greater in magnitude than the oil spill caused by the tanker Exxon Valdez in the Prince William Sound Alaska in 1989

The report is concise and to the point . The presentation is lucid , and caters to the target audience - the general news reading public The focal point of the article is the ongoing efforts by various agencies to stem the leakage from the oil well and also to clear up the existing oil slick

Burdeau informs that the...