Gulf states get first millions from oil spill pleas

Fuel Fix: JACKSON, Miss. — The five states that border the Gulf of Mexico are getting $113 million to improve the environment.

The grants, announced Thursday by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, are the first small chunk of $2.5 billion that BP and Transocean were fined as a result of criminal pleas last year following the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

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