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MacArthur Genius Says the BP Disaster is Far from Over

by Barry Yeoman on June 6, 2011

The Guardian has described Louisiana chemist Wilma Subra as BP’s “worst nightmare.” A winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, Subra has spent 30 years giving technical assistance to local groups dealing with environmental problems. She says there’s ample reason for concern about human health and seafood safety on the Gulf Coast. Told entirely in Subra’s […]

For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance

by Barry Yeoman on April 12, 2011

April 20, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuring disaster. But we do know that the BP oil spill upended lives in ways that defy quantification. Here’s the story of shrimper Darla Rooks, who lost everything but her fighting […]

Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid

by Barry Yeoman on April 1, 2011

When an American ex-diplomat decided to re-create an icon from Casablanca in Morocco, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. A different version of this story was published in American Way. THE EVENING I LANDED IN CASABLANCA, Morocco, I decided to lose myself in the Ancienne Médina, the old walled quartier that butts up […]

Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse

by Barry Yeoman on March 27, 2011

Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened levees outside New Orleans: They’re building gardens that will keep them fed in the event of a seafood shortage sparked by the BP oil spill. Produced by Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar […]

An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters

by Barry Yeoman on March 16, 2011

In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But oysters can’t migrate, and they’ve been particularly vulnerable since the BP oil spill. Produced by Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar for KRVS, Lafayette, Louisiana, and the Louisiana Public Broadcasting “GulfWatch” series. Narrated by Barry Yeoman. Photo by Stanley […]

Fork in the Road

by Barry Yeoman on March 1, 2011

Today organic foods seem as mainstream as frozen waffles, but the United States still lags far behind Europe. It’s time for Washington to give the industry a jolt. Originally published in Audubon. THE CHUK-CHUK-CHUK OF AN OLD FORD DIESEL pierces the morning at Joseph Fields Farm on Johns Island, South Carolina. Eight farmworkers make their […]

Pointe-au-Chien Indians, Reeling from the Oil Spill, Watch as Their Land Washes Away

by Barry Yeoman on February 11, 2011

The 700-member Pointe-au-Chien indian tribe south of Houma, Louisiana was one of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill. For them, the disaster is ongoing—and part of a larger threat to their ancestral home. Produced by Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar for KRVS, Lafayette, Louisiana, and the Louisiana Public […]

Vietnamese Fishermen Search for the Monetary Value of a Lost Culture

by Barry Yeoman on February 4, 2011

Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston attorney in charge of reviewing claims for the BP oil spill, says he expects to start paying interim and final claims later this month. But as Louisiana’s Vietnamese-American fishing community has learned, some losses are harder to quantify than others. Produced by Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar for KRVS, Lafayette, Louisiana, […]

Louisiana Oystermen: Out of Work, Out of Options

by Barry Yeoman on October 28, 2010

A tight-knit group of oystermen on the bayou are struggling to survive after the oil spill shut down the oyster beds. Will a way of life die out? Part 2 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. ELTON “HAMBONE” ENCALADE IS ONE OF THE FIRST oystermen to greet me as I pull into Beshel’s […]

Losing Louisiana

by Barry Yeoman on October 22, 2010

Originally published in OnEarth. The BP blowout caused months of pain and suffering for the people and environment of the Gulf Coast. But Louisiana was in trouble long before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Its wetlands are disappearing at the rate of a football field every hour due to rising sea level, storm damage, and the […]

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