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GULF OF MEXICO – MAY 26: Birds take flight near an oil covered shoreline on May 26, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico near Brush Island, Louisiana. As BP prepares to try and stop the oil leak with a ‘top kill’ method, the Louisiana coastline is reeling from the effects of the continued gusher. (Photo by Win McNamee/ Getty Images)