Other concerns include potential impacts to groundwater in the event of a spill and high pollution from refineries along the Gulf Coast that would process the bitumen.
That will not change in Prime Minister Banny's new cabinet, and though Ivory Coast's messy peace process has taken a back seat, this toxic waste scandal shows yet again just how urgent it is that the Ivorian crisis be resolved.
Asked about Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's Friday letter to Feinberg criticizing the claims process under the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Feinberg again emphasized that the program is voluntary.