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Louisiana’s Great Wet Hope

by Barry Yeoman on December 17, 2010

While the Mississippi was walled off, the Atchafalaya River remained mostly natural. Now its cypress swamps show that commerce and wetlands protection can co-exist. Part 8 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. DEAN WILSON CUTS THE ENGINE. Stillness surrounds us in the Atchafalaya Basin, two hours west of New Orleans. Cypress trees draped with […]

These Men Don’t Cry: Hard Times for Gulf Coast Vietnamese

by Barry Yeoman on December 1, 2010

Gulf Coast residents are suffering the deep emotional distress that comes with a protracted crisis that has no clear end, and some communities have no safety net. Part 6 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. IN THE SEVEN MONTHS SINCE the Deepwater Horizon blowout upended life on the Gulf Coast, the environmental and […]

Gulf Shrimpers Wonder: “Are We Next on the Extinction List?”

by Barry Yeoman on November 9, 2010

During a long night on the bayou, one couple worries about the future. Part 5 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. DARLA AND TODD ROOKS IDLE their shrimp boat, the Cajun Queen, at the edge of a marsh in Louisiana’s Grand Bayou, near the town of Port Sulphur. It’s 12:40 a.m., and a […]

‘The Land is Washing Back to the Sea’

by Barry Yeoman on November 6, 2010

Louisiana wetlands are disappearing at a rate of up to 25 square miles per year — and taking centuries-old communities with them. Part 7 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. ON MY MAP, LAKE CHIEN is tiny, jutting cove-like into the bottom of Louisiana. It looks like the top of a four-tiered snowman, connected […]

Where the Oil Went

by Barry Yeoman on November 4, 2010

Gulf scientists find a layer of “slime snot” on the sea floor Part 4 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. VERNON ASPER CLICKS A BUTTON in a darkened room. Up comes a slide showing three transparent cylinders, each containing soil from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. We are sitting around a […]

The Louisiana Paradox: Loving Wildlife and Oil Drilling

by Barry Yeoman on October 29, 2010

A family forced onto food stamps by the deepwater moratorium wants drilling to resume — but also laments the American dependence on oil. Part 3 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. FOREST FOYTLIN WAS WORKING on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico when the radio crackled news of the blowout […]

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 […]

Are We Losing Louisiana? The View from 500 Feet

by Barry Yeoman on October 22, 2010

Even before the BP disaster, Louisiana was a coast in crisis due to rising sea levels, lost marshes, and the manacled Mississippi. Part 1 of Losing Louisiana, a series originally published in onEarth. ON THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, I flew 500 feet over the Mississippi River Delta in an open-sided Black […]

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 […]

A Human Disaster

by Barry Yeoman on August 26, 2010

Gushing pipes, surface slicks, and oiled pelicans—the visible impact of the BP spill was all too apparent. But the invisible toll on people may be every bit as pernicious. An interview with Steve Picou. Originally published in OnEarth. In June, when oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed up on Orange Beach, Alabama, 400 yards from […]

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