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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 035.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 009.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe Aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe Aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 048.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 047.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 046.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Walter Guidry listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 100.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 044.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel puts on his respirator whenever he smells oil thick in the air. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 019.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 081.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 078.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 066.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Oil and gas pipelines criss cross the wetlands just south of the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 063.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Oil contractors prepare boom for loading into local boats as Jesus looks over them in the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes in Southe Louisiana. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 059.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Christopher Verdin listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 098.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman John Verdin (l) and Kerry Trosclair listen and learn as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 097.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 042.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 041.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 036.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 025.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 024.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
He knows his life will never be the same again. 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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 016.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 014.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 007.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. White pelicans in wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Oil washing up on the  marsh grasses threatens everything. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 086.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 085.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Myron Prosterie, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman and one time oil worker. Myron holds over $1,700 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Widowed eight months ago, Myron is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 gererations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
He knows his life will never be the same again. 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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 001.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 074.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 071.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Hermits crabs along the shoreline of precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. A simple marker placed in the marsh is all the denotes the old indian cemetery that has sunk into the wetlands just south of the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. French reporter Alexandra Gonzalez writes passionately from the region. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Life will never be the same again. 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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
Signs  at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in Fort Jakson. Animals coated in oil are bought here having been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Sea Gulls coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
 Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard as they load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it washes ashore.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil017.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil016.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Craig Taffaro, president of St Bernard parish heads up a crisis meeting at the command center in Hpedale.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil013.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil010.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil040.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil039.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil007.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil005.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Paul Trosclair, a fisherman all his life on his boat the Karen Susan. Trosclair is now subcontracted to BP. A religious man, Trosclair wonders if he is not seeing the 'end of days,' as predicted in Revelations where he believes the Bible reads one of the signs will be 'when the sea turns to blood.' He does not know when or if he will ever be able to return to shrimping. He puts his faith in the Lord.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil001.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil035.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo099.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo098.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo094.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo089.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo083.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo051.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo044.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo034.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo025.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo078.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
France-Soir foreign correspondent Alexandra Gonzalez accompanies Soldiers from the843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard as they load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo077.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo003.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo069.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo068.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo067.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo064.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
Welcome to the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in Fort Jakson where birds soiled by oil are bought for cleaning. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo001.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo061.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo060.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo059.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo058.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo057.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo056.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil030.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil036.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo097.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo095.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo092.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo091.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo026.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo015.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo010.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo065.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo063.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil031.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Pelicans coated in oil are cleaned and cared for at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo028.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Coastal erosion is rapidly eating away at multi million dollar sand berm projects at East Grande Terre Island near Grand Isle. Rapidly approved, the sand berms have not been sufficiently evaluated. They do appear to catch oil which can easily be cleaned up, however a relatively minor hurricane will likely wash the man made berm back into the Gulf of Mexico. Yet more examples of spending BP's vasty amounts of cash in the wake of BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil044.JPG
  • 04 March 2016. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.<br />
Vanishing land. First climate refugees in the USA. Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians.<br />
Scenes from the disappearing bayou where the tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed by erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land065.jpg
  • 04 March 2016. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.<br />
Vanishing land. First climate refugees in the USA. Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians.<br />
Scenes from the disappearing bayou where the tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed by erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land056.jpg
  • 04 March 2016. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.<br />
Vanishing land. First climate refugees in the USA. Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians.<br />
Scenes from the disappearing bayou where the tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed by erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land020.jpg
  • 04 March 2016. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.<br />
Vanishing land. First climate refugees in the USA. Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians.<br />
Scenes from the disappearing bayou where the tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed by erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land015.jpg
  • 04 March 2016. Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.<br />
Vanishing land. First climate refugees in the USA. Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians.<br />
Scenes from the disappearing bayou where the tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed by erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land014.jpg
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