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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.
    12oct13-BP Spills026.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 />
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 />
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 Spills011.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 Spills010.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
  • 23 July 2010. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
A 'floatel' passes by heading inland away from the coast as tropical storm 'Bonnie' threatens the Gulf of Mexico. BP contractors prefer to house clean up crew workers in these floating container motels to save a few lousy dollars rather than station workers on land where they would benefit the local economy. Already reeling from poor decisions and an economic and environmental disaster thanks to BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the corporation continues to oversee economic devastation wreaked on local communities. Private contractors continue to get rich taking BP's cash as local economies flounder. 'Floatels' do not benefit local communities in any way. BP contractors bring all food and supplies to the 'floatels.' In an area both economically and ecologically devastated by BP, this would appear to be yet another slap in the face to struggling local economies - and all to save a few bucks to make a few contractors even wealthier than they already are! This should be a national disgrace. <br />
Photo credit; 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
    06june10-oil france-soir 028.JPG
  • 20 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Private contractors tasked with cleaning up escaped toxins at the Stolthaven chemical plant which was inundated with flood waters from hurricane Isaac. The plant has been accused of failing to prepare for the storm and is suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the surrounding area..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Jimmy Terrebonne Snr sits surrounded by oil boom on his boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boater should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead he is making around $1,000 a day for oil for BP contractors instead, a fraction of what he would ordinarily be making with bills mounting at home. The fisherman does not have a fixed contract within BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring him. He does however know that 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 are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 042.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimpers surrounded by oil boom on their boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boaters should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead they are making around $1,000 a day for  BP contractors instead, a fraction of what they would ordinarily be making. The fishermen do not have  fixed contracts with BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring them. The debt collectors have been calling asking for their money. The shrimpers advise them to call BP. They know their lives 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 are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 045.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimpers surrounded by oil boom on their boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boaters should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead they are making around $1,000 a day for  BP contractors instead, a fraction of what they would ordinarily be making. The fishermen do not have  fixed contracts with BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring them. The debt collectors have been calling asking for their money. The shrimpers advise them to call BP. They know their lives 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 are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 044.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Jimmy Terrebonne Jnr sits surrounded by oil boom on his boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boater should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead he is making around $1,000 a day for oil for BP contractors instead, a fraction of what he would ordinarily be making with bills mounting at home. The fisherman does not have a fixed contract withn BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring him. He does however know that 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 are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 041.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 />
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 Spills022.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
  • 03 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras. Clean up crews go to work collecting tons of discarded plastic and debris following the all female Mystic Krewe of Nyx parade along Magazine Street.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 February 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Mardi Gras. Clean up crews go to work collecting tons of discarded plastic and debris following the all female Mystic Krewe of Nyx parade along Magazine Street.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03feb16-Mardi Gras Nyx044.jpg
  • 7th Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. New neighbours. Clean up crews on the corner of Madrid and Elysian fileds form part of the multiple agencies and contractors tasked with clearing up the aftermath of the storm.
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  • 07 Oct, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
New neighbours. Clean up crews on the corner of Madrid and Elysian Fields form part of the multiple agencies and contractors tasked with clearing up the aftermath of the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 17 Feb 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras Day. Tourists in the trash.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 17 Feb 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras Day. Tourists in the trash take selfies on Canal Street after the parades have passed.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    17feb15-Mardi Gras Day075.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe010.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe008.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe007.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe006.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe002.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe009.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
 (l-r) Shiek, Wesley Schmidt, Craig Klein, Andy Lehman and Bill Phillips of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe help clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe005.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe004.JPG
  • 01 Feb 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
Shiek of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe helps clear a house of mold in the Gentilly neighbourhood. As federal, state and local authorities dither, members of the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, many of them musicians themselves, team up to strip homes of fellow musicians ready to be repaired. To date the Krewe has stripped over 40 homes.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    01feb2006-Arabi Wrecking Krewe001.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle052.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle027.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle025.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle024.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle023.JPG
  • 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.
    21may10-oil grand isle022.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Grand Isle, south Louisiana. <br />
Fishing grounds reopen yet the normally packed marina at Grand Isle remains deserted, ironically with the only catch of the day being a gas pump. BP has leased all the slips, the local motel and every available parking space making this the jump off point for crews assisting in the oil clean up operation. Recreational fishermen must travel 7 miles north to buy bait.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
A sales poster pitched primarily to oil clean up workers as seen on the wall at the Grand Isle marina advertising FEMA trailers at discount prices. These would be the same FEMA trailers that are known to be contaminated with formaldehyde and are the subject of extensive legal wrangling following their use after hurricane Katrina. The FEMA trailers are known to have made people very sick. How is it possible for these trailers, effectively contaminated government owned stock to now be available through private dealers to the general public? <br />
BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would appear to be encouraging additional contamination of clean up crews through private sales of contaminated FEMA trailers. How is this possible? <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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