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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill040.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill038.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill034.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill027.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill028.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill075.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill044.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill039.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill037.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill035.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill031.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
ARCA NASCAR rising star and environmental activist Leilani Munter takes in the unnatural disaster created by BP on a trip into the Gulf of Mexico. Leilani inspects sludge in the water 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill030.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
ARCA NASCAR rising star and environmental activist Leilani Munter takes in the unnatural disaster created by BP on a trip into the Gulf of Mexico. Leilani inspects sludge in the water 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill029.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Despite the recent tragedy dooming the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, drilling for more oil continues at a pace just 10 mjiles south of Venice Marina, 34 miles closer to land than Deepwater. The 'Ocean Saratoga' drilling platform digs in to the Gulf.<br />
 Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill026.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill079.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
The 'Ocean Saratoga' drilling platform less than 10 miles from the Louisiana coast, approximately 34 miles closer to land than the collapsed Deepwater Horizon rig. Drilling continues at a pace as oil companies strive to build ever more oil rigs in the Gulf. Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill074.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
The 'Ocean Saratoga' drilling platform less than 10 miles from the Louisiana coast, approximately 34 miles closer to land than the collapsed Deepwater Horizon rig. Drilling continues at a pace as oil companies strive to build ever more oil rigs in the Gulf. Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill073.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
An oil rig sits close to the mouth of the Mississippi river just south of Venice. Rigs are dotted throughout the Gulf coast, many much closer to shore than the failed Deepwater Horizon platform.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill071.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Ubiquitous Halliburton has a hand in many things oil and gas and shares the blame with BP for responsibility for its part in the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse. Halliburton's facility was off limits to the media at the time this image was shot. To gain access one must arrange for a representative from the coastguard to escort you. The cost guard puts you on a list and then it's 'hurry up and wait.' They never did return my call.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill056.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Ubiquitous Halliburton has a hand in many things oil and gas and shares the blame with BP for responsibility for its part in the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse. Halliburton's facility was off limits to the media at the time this image was shot. To gain access one must arrange for a representative from the coastguard to escort you. The cost guard puts you on a list and then it's 'hurry up and wait.' They never did return my call.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill055.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Despite the recent tragedy dooming the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, drilling for more oil continues at a pace just 10 mjiles south of Venice Marina, 34 miles closer to land than Deepwater. The 'Ocean Saratoga' drilling platform digs in to the Gulf.<br />
 Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill025.JPG
  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster. <br />
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. What have we done?<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill077.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Regular police patrols on the currently closed beach. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills046.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Governemnt, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills033.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills029.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills027.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills026.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills016.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills006.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills004.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Governemnt, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills036.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills030.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Local police come investigate activity on the beach.  Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills024.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well oil spill disaster continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalty phase of the trail with fines potentially as high as $18 billion levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government. The oil mats lie just below the surface of the water and require specialized removal techniques. It is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills019.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills015.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. Tar balls are said to contain flesh eating bacteria and leave sticky oil residue when handled. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills009.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. Tar balls are said to contain flesh eating bacteria. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills008.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP pipeline runs underneath the beach, making it one of the most valuable stretches of land in the USA. Handling as much as 30% of the nation's oil needs and connecting to 50% of the nations petroleum refining capacity, the LOOP pipeline is one of the most strategically important sites in the USA. Constant erosion and an ongoing battle for compensation with oil giant BP following the Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Wisner Trust currently has the most expensive compensation claim against BP, with some estimates putting the claim as high as $1 Billion.
    12oct13-BP Spills043.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP pipeline runs underneath the beach, making it one of the most valuable stretches of land in the USA. Handling as much as 30% of the nation's oil needs and connecting to 50% of the nations petroleum refining capacity, the LOOP pipeline is one of the most strategically important sites in the USA. Constant erosion and an ongoing battle for compensation with oil giant BP following the Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Wisner Trust currently has the most expensive compensation claim against BP, with some estimates putting the claim as high as $1 Billion.
    12oct13-BP Spills042.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills039.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Governemnt, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills038.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Governemnt, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills037.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills035.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Regular police patrols on the currently closed beach. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills023.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well oil spill disaster continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalty phase of the trail with fines potentially as high as $18 billion levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government. The oil mats lie just below the surface of the water and require specialized removal techniques. It is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills019.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills003.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
    12oct13-BP Spills002.JPG
  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Governemnt, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
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  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Regular police patrols on the currently closed beach. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
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  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
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  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
Contractors working for the BP Onshore Safety Task force survey the beach before sending out a clean up crew. Following recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls, oil particles and and vast oil mats from the BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well continue to wash ashore in abundance. 3 1/2 years since the worst oil spill in history and on the eve of a potentially historic penalties which could be as high as $18 billion being levied against British Petroleum by the Federal Government, it is clear that BP's problems will not go away any time soon.
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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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  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment booms lie uselessly washed up on an inland tidal beach in Grand Isle. Fierce tidal currents and changeable weather makes it virtually impossible to keep booms in place around the parish. The first sticky  spots of oil surfaced on the west of the Mississippi river and have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Members of the Louisiana National Guard arrive at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and fisheries to await furtur instruction as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. 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. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana National Guard of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sgt George Achee of the Louisiana National guard inspects sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sgt George Achee of the Louisiana National guard inspects sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter ferrying sand bags works with the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Ashley Palmisano, a 22 year old single mother of two sells shrimp from A&B's seafood at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. Ashley worries that she may not have a job to go to in a couple of weeks. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Westwego Fish Market. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Redfish at Ruthann & Rob's seafood. Currently $3.50 per lb at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Westwego, Louisiana. <br />
Perhaps the last of local fresh blue crabs to arrive at the Westwego Fish market just outside New Orleans. All seafood prices have risen 25% in the past 7 days alone as stocks run low thanks to closed fishing grounds affected by oil pollution. Today was the opening day of the inshore shrimp season. The season was closed before it could open thanks to BP's disastrous environmental catastrophe out in the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day is leaking uncontrollably into the Gulf because of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform 46 miles out to sea. The closure of fishing grounds both east and west of the Mississippi river outflow is crippling thousands of local fishermen and all affiliated businesses and families who rely on the seafood industry. None of the shrimp or other seafood offered at the market are fresh catch from today. Everything has been through the IQF (Instant Quick Freeze) process and is seafood caught earlier in the season and brought from storage freezers in Venice and Grand Isle. Stocks are running low. With no new catches, the market will be forced to rely on farmed shrimp shipped in from Texas and Georgia. Local traders refuse to stock Chinese import fish raised with growth hormones, pesticides, fungicides and other contaminants widely found in Chinese farm raised seafood. Many fear losing their jobs and everything they own as a result of BP's Gulf Coast environmental disaster.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
L/R; Locals Ben Varley (3yrs), Bobby Warren and Evan Ballay (3 yrs) admire yellow fin tuna and other predator species caught by sport fishermen to the west of the giant BP oil spill. Nobody is sure how much longer they will be able to catch fish in the region. Charter boat captains, rental camps and hotels are reporting mass cancellations of fishing trips and other vacations to the Gulf  Coast region.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Cooked louisiana crawfish, a species harvested from wetlands potentially threatened by British Petroleum's massive Gulf Coast oil spill.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Hopedale, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Hurry up and wait. Media restrictions abound at various staging areas as workers return from placing oil containment booms in strategic areas designed to keep BP's horrendous oil spill from leaching into Louisiana's precious wetlands.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 May 2010. Shell Beach, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Soldiers from the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company Louisiana National Guard commence work on a floating pontoon which will be used by local fishermen to load oil containment boom. With oil reaching ever closer to the St Bernard Parish wetlands, it is vitally important to get more oil containment booms in place.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Just a fraction of what is at stake. Sunset over some of Louisiana's southernmost wetlands as seen from Venice Marina. If the oil pollution gets into these wetlands, it could potentially kill everything. The plants, the animals, the fish and life as locals know it could be gone forever. Only a great deal of luck from wind and water currents might the pollution be carried away from here. But it is going to land somewhere. The Florida Keys are hoping and praying it will not be there.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Just a fraction of what is at stake. Sunset over some of Louisiana's southernmost wetlands as seen from Venice Marina. If the oil pollution gets into these wetlands, it could potentially kill everything. The plants, the animals, the fish and life as locals know it could be gone forever. Only a great deal of luck from wind and water currents might the pollution be carried away from here. But it is going to land somewhere. The Florida Keys are hoping and praying it will not be there.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
ARCA NASCAR rising motor racing star and environmental activist Leilani Munter takes a trip into the Gulf to see the disaster for herself.<br />
Here she passes the 'Ocean Saratoga' drilling platform, where drilling continues as oil companies strive to build ever more oil rigs in the Gulf. Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
ARCA NASCAR rising motor racing star and environmental activist Leilani Munter takes in the floating oil containment booms laid out in the ecologically sensitive marshes <br />
of the Gulf of Mexico. She is stunned by the enormity of the oil slick.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Oil containment booms stretch out through the ecologically sensitive wetlands and marshes of Plaquemines parish in an effort to prevent oil from killing the marshes.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Commercial fishing and shrimp boats lie idle at the Venice marina. BP's disgraceful oil spill has forced the closure of all fishing from the west of the mouth of the Mississippi river all the way to the Florida state line.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Micro 50, a certified ecologically sound and environmentally responsible product that could be used to disperse the oil spill in the gulf. Developed by a Canadian company whose representatives have discovered they can not get access to anyone in authority who might wish to consider using their product to disperse the oil slick now spreading out over thousands of miles. Instead, it is alleged that BP is using a toxic dispersant to disperse a toxic oil spill, effectively adding two toxins to the Gulf. A lawsuit filed just days ago seeks to force BP to disclose the chemical composition of the dispersant they are currently using.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Hurry up and wait. Long lines of commercial fishermen wait as representatives from BP hand out four hour basic oil spill awareness diplomas to captains and crews. The diploma certifies the crews as able to assist in the deployment of oil containment booms. WIthout work helping to clear up BP's disgraceful catastrophic mess, the fishermen would all be out of work thanks to the oil spill forcing the closure of their fishing grounds. The handing out of diplomas was a shambles with mixed lists in various bundles taking a great deal of time to sort through. And just as fishermen felt close to the end of the line, the BP representatives packed up and went to lunch at midday!<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Boothville, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
A sign along the road in Plaquemines parish in the small delta town of Boothville begs for President Obama's help.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. The Tern flies overhead,  just one of many species threatened by BP's catastrophic oil spill. More and more birds are washing up dead as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Christopher Hernandez, street superintendent of Grand Isle patrols the closed beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle020.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..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. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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