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  • March, 27th, 2006. The road to the end of St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. Seven months after the storm, cement coffins, filled with the original wooden coffins that were washed away by Hurricane Katrina and were collected from all over the area, await re-interring at Merrick cemetery, one of the oldest slave cemeteries in the south.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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 />
L/R; Chief Albert Naquin, Chris Brunet of the tribal council and deputy Chief Boyo Billiot. 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
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  • 15 March 2016. Story as posted in the Guardian.<br />
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/15/louisiana-isle-de-jean-charles-island-sea-level-resettlement<br />
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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
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  • 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 />
Johnny Pamplet discussed life on the disappearing island. Pamplet is not a member of the tribe which 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
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  • 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 />
'We are not moving.' A defiant sign is posted next to a survival pod from an oil rig.<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
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  • 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 Land062.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 Land057.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 Land054.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 Land050.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 Land017.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 />
Denecia Naquin and her husband Wenceslaus Billiot, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. The tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed from erosion by the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land047.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 />
Looking from the back porch of Wenceslaus Billiot's house. 'It used to be all you could see was trees and woods,' said Wenceslaus, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. 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 Land010.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 />
Wenceslaus Billiot, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. The tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed from erosion by the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land042.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 />
Wenceslaus Billiot, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. 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 Land006.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 />
L/R; Chief Albert Naquin, Chris Brunet of the tribal council and deputy Chief Boyo Billiot. 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
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  • 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 />
Chris Brunet of the tribal council at home in his wheelchair. 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
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  • 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 />
Chief Albert Naquin on the island. 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
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
All that remains of a former home in the Lower 9th Ward following the devastating floods of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 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 />
A mean beer sign at the marina. 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 Land068.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 Land066.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 />
'We are not moving.' A defiant sign is posted next to a survival pod from an oil rig.<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 Land024.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 Land061.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 Land060.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 Land022.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 />
A tree killed by saltwater intrusion. <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 Land051.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 Land019.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 />
Wenceslaus Billiot, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. The tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed from erosion by the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land043.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 />
Looking from the back porch of Wenceslaus Billiot's house. 'It used to be all you could see was trees and woods,' said Wenceslaus, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. 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 Land009.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 />
Looking from the back porch of Wenceslaus Billiot's house. 'It used to be all you could see was trees and woods,' said Wenceslaus, father of deputy chief Boyo Billiot. The proud WW2 veteran and tribal elder may be forced to leave the home he has known all his life. 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 Land008.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 />
L/R; Chief Albert Naquin, Chris Brunet of the tribal council and deputy Chief Boyo Billiot. 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 Land038.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 />
L/R; Chief Albert Naquin, Chris Brunet of the tribal council and deputy Chief Boyo Billiot. 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 Land032.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 />
L/R; Chief Albert Naquin, Chris Brunet of the tribal council and deputy Chief Boyo Billiot. The tribe has recently been awarded $52 million to resettle on higher ground as more and more of their land is consumed from erosion by the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    04mar16-Vanishing Land001.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
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Signs of hope and rebuilding. Darryl Ratcliff unloads cinder blocks from his van in the Lower 9th Ward. Daryl is helping an elderly couple to rebuild their home which was washed away when the industrial canal levee breached. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Grand children Chyana Hurst (4 yrs (l)) and Tyriq Burton (3 yrs) await cutting of a memorial cake inside Robert Lynn Green Sr's FEMA trailer  at 1826 Tennessee Street in the Lower 9th Ward. His house was destroyed by the deluge when the levee breached just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. On the one year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, and most of the area remains derelict and abandoned. Ribbons, inscribed with 'In loving memory of family,' flutters in a slight breeze. The styrofoam cross hangs beside front steps, all that remains of a house washed away in the flood waters that rushed through the area one year ago.
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  • Dec 03 2007. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Brad Pitt revisits the Lower 9th ward, devastated by Hurricane Katrina to present 'Make it Right' where architects' designs are unveiled to the public. As part of the 'Pink Project' in association with Graft architects of Los Angeles the devastated neighborhood was filled with pink structures to help draw attention to the plight of the area. Images of pink structures with front steps and blight, all that remains of properties washed away in the Lower 9th ward flood.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • Dec 03 2007. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Brad Pitt revisits the Lower 9th ward, devastated by Hurricane Katrina to present 'Make it Right' where architects' designs are unveiled to the public. As part of the 'Pink Project' in association with Graft architects of Los Angeles the devastated neighborhood was filled with pink structures to help draw attention to the plight of the area. Images of pink structures with front steps and blight, all that remains of properties washed away in the Lower 9th ward flood.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    03dec07-makeitright139.JPG
  • Dec 03 2007. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Brad Pitt revisits the Lower 9th ward, devastated by Hurricane Katrina to present 'Make it Right' where architects' designs are unveiled to the public. As part of the 'Pink Project' in association with Graft architects of Los Angeles the devastated neighborhood was filled with pink structures to help draw attention to the plight of the area. Images of pink structures with front steps and blight, all that remains of properties washed away in the Lower 9th ward flood.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    03dec07-makeitright138.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary024.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary022.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Grand children Chyana Hurst (4 yrs (l)) and Tyriq Burton (3 yrs) await cutting of a memorial cake inside Robert Lynn Green Sr's FEMA trailer  at 1826 Tennessee Street in the Lower 9th Ward. His house was destroyed by the deluge when the levee breached just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary027.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr's  grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of her grandfather's trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary026.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary025.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary023.JPG
  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. On the one year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, and most of the area remains derelict and abandoned. Ribbons, inscribed with 'In loving memory of family,' flutters in a slight breeze. The styrofoam cross hangs beside front steps, all that remains of a house washed away in the flood waters that rushed through the area one year ago.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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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 />
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 />
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.
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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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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.
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  • 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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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 />
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.
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  • 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.
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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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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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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  • 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
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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. 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
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil clean up workers in full hazmat suits clear away oil soaked boom that has been delivered to the staging area on Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil clean up workers in full hazmat suits clear away oil soaked boom that has been delivered to the staging area on Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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 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. 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
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  • 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
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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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