In the Meanwhile, oil residue continues to spread along the U.S.coastline, threatening livelihoods and sensitive wildlife in the areas.

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The oil slick threatens ever-larger swaths of the U.S.coastline, placing sensitive marine ecosystems in peril.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Officials were also forced to move barges that had been preventing oil from reaching sensitive wetlands.

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Commodities like oil are particularly sensitive to the value of the dollar, while U.S. demand is important for global demand.

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Although these laws are not certain to pass, many big charterers, especially publicity-sensitive oil firms, have been frightened away from old vessels.

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