From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle and back.
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06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
Warning signs cross the marshes where petro chemical and gas pipelines criss cross the Louisiana wetlands. Oil companies have cut pipeline throughout the region. Ecologists argue this reckless carving up of the wetlands are one of the main reasons for erosion and salt water intrusion. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.
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