With the passage of the Coastal Impacts Assistance Program by the U.S. Congress in 2005 and the Gulf Energy Security Act in 2006, Gulf energy producing states are finally in a position to fund projects to restore coastal wetlands that have been damaged by oil and gas activity.  Will these projects be prioritized, or will federal funds instead be directed to pork barrel projects? 

Lengthy approval process holds back coastal projects.   New Orleans Times Picayune

$48 M Allocated to Texas   KGBT 4 Harlingen, TX

Louisiana to get $255 M  Baton Rouge Daily Advocate 

Mississippi Coast will get $61 M   Jackson Clarion Ledger