So Many Oil Spill Cleanup Ideas, So Little Time Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email BP cleanup worker Perry LeBoef stretches an oil-soaked boom along a beach on May 23, 2010 on Elmer's Island, Louisiana. Officials now say that it may be impossible to clean the oil-affected wetlands. ( John Moore / Getty ) Produced by Marine Olivesi and Posey Gruener Produced by PRI and WNYC