Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf

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Oiled shrimps, Louisiana. Photo source: ©© J.Jackson

By Rocky Kistner, NRDC

For six months, I have lived and worked near ground zero of the worst oil disaster in US history. I’ve traveled on boats hunting thick, reddish peanut butter-colored crude that slowly washed towards the coastal marshes of southern Louisiana. I watched tough, resourceful people of the bayou weep at the sight of the oily tide invading precious fishing grounds…

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