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  • 30 December 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
The price of gas at $1.739 at Costco on Carrolton Ave in New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 December 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
The price of gas at $1.739 at Costco on Carrolton Ave in New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    30dec14-Cheap Gas001.JPG
  • 19 January 2019. Paris, France.<br />
Gilets Jaunes - Acte X take to the streets of Paris. Tear gas mixes with smoke from flares at the end of the demonstration. An estimated 7,000 people took part in the looping 14 km route from Place des Invalides to protest tax hikes from the Government of Emmanuel Macron imposed on the people. An estimated 80,000 people took part in protests across the country. Regrettably the movement has attracted a violent element of agitators who often face off with riot police at the end of the marches which tends to deflect attention away from the message of the vast majority of peaceful protesters.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19jan19-Gilets jaunes067.jpg
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A natural gas platform. The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay028.JPG
  • 19 January 2019. Paris, France.<br />
Gilets Jaunes - Acte X take to the streets of Paris. CRS Riot police fire tear gas and shoot a water canon at a hard core of agitators intent on disrupting events at the end of the march. An estimated 7,000 people took part in the looping 14 km route from Place des Invalides to protest tax hikes from the Government of Emmanuel Macron imposed on the people. An estimated 80,000 people took part in protests across the country. Regrettably the movement has attracted a violent element of agitators who often face off with riot police at the end of the marches which tends to deflect attention away from the message of the vast majority of peaceful protesters.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19jan19-Gilets jaunes102.jpg
  • 19 January 2019. Paris, France.<br />
Gilets Jaunes - Acte X take to the streets of Paris. CRS Riot police fire tear gas and shoot a water canon at a hard core of agitators intent on disrupting events at the end of the march. An estimated 7,000 people took part in the looping 14 km route from Place des Invalides to protest tax hikes from the Government of Emmanuel Macron imposed on the people. An estimated 80,000 people took part in protests across the country. Regrettably the movement has attracted a violent element of agitators who often face off with riot police at the end of the marches which tends to deflect attention away from the message of the vast majority of peaceful protesters.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19jan19-Gilets jaunes103.jpg
  • 22 Sept 2005.  Houston Texas. Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
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Police respond to a suspected queue jumper at the Mobile gas station on Uvale Road where motorists waited over two hours in line for gasoline.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 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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  • 26th Sept, 2005.  Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 The destroyed remains of a downtown business in Cameron, Louisiana two days after the storm ravaged the small town. The local Shell gas station lies in ruins, its pumps and infrastructure totally compromised. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26th Sept, 2005.  Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 The destroyed remains of a downtown business in Cameron, Louisiana two days after the storm ravaged the small town. The local Shell gas station lies in ruins, its pumps and infrastructure totally compromised. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    26 sept 2005045.JPG
  • 10th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Bloomberg News journalist Oscar Sousa fills his car for another days reporting on the catastrophic events following the storm.
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  • 10 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
Bloomberg News journalist Oscar Sousa fills his car for another days reporting on the catastrophic events following the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10sept05-post katrina010.JPG
  • 10 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
Bloomberg News journalist Oscar Sousa fills his car for another days reporting on the catastrophic events following the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10sept05-post katrina009.JPG
  • 10 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
Bloomberg News journalist Oscar Sousa fills his car for another days reporting on the catastrophic events following the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10sept05-post katrina008.JPG
  • 28th August, 2005.  Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Petrol supplies are exhausted as the storm approaches. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21st, December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Jackie Russell stands outside her devastated home at 2416 Desire Street in the 9th Ward long after the devastating flood from Hurrican Katrina subsided. Jackie just wants to return home and had until this point been emotionally unable to deal with gutting the house she grew up in. Her hope is to be able to repair her house and bring her elderly mother back home before she dies. Jackie was only able to save a few precious china items, the rest of her house and all her belongings had to be thrown in the street.
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  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  New Orleans Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Jackie Russell stands outside her devastated home at 2416 Desire Street in the 9th Ward long after the devastating flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. Jackie just wants to return home and had until this point been emotionally unable to deal with gutting the house she grew up in. Her hope is to be able to repair her house and bring her elderly mother back home before she dies. Jackie was only able to save a few precious china items, the rest of her house and all her belongings had to be thrown in the street.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans037.JPG
  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  New Orleans Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Jackie Russell stands outside her devastated home at 2416 Desire Street in the 9th Ward long after the devastating flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. Jackie just wants to return home and had until this point been emotionally unable to deal with gutting the house she grew up in. Her hope is to be able to repair her house and bring her elderly mother back home before she dies. Jackie was only able to save a few precious china items, the rest of her house and all her belongings had to be thrown in the street.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans036.JPG
  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
20 yr old Tristan Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans034.JPG
  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans029.JPG
  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
 City contractors start thje long and arduous task of clearing the trash strewn streets of the  9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans027.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
Dogs, cut loose to run free roam the deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.  <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita014.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita008.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005.  Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation.  <br />
The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.  Houses lie just behind the levee which is feared may be breached by Hurricane Rita.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita013.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita012.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita011.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita010.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Procter St,  Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita006.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Procter St,  Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita003.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Houston, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
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Traffic backs up on Uvalde Road in Houston as drivers waited over two hours to get gasoline as panic buying emptied the pumps all across the region before Hurricane Rita hits. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita001.JPG
  • 03 July 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Volunteers. Upper 9th ward. Student volunteers from Group Work Camps, a religious organisation helping to rebuild the city prepare to return to work gutting a house on N. Dorgenois street. The students have given up their summer vacations to help residents of the city. The students come from far and wide, some from as far away as California, Seattle, New Jersey, Michigan, and Toronto.
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  • 03 July 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana.Volunteers. Upper 9th ward. Student volunteers from Group Work Camps, a religious organisation helping to rebuild the city work on gutting a formerly flooded house on N. Dorgenois street. The students have given up their summer vacations to help residents of the city. The students come from far and wide, some from as far away as California, Seattle, New Jersey, Michigan, and Toronto.
    303-03july06-303.JPG
  • 21st, December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurrican Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.
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  • 21st, December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. City contractors start thje long and arduous task of clearing the trash strewn streets of the  9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurrican Katrina subsided.
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  • 29 Feb 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana USA. .Anti BP protest organised by Occupy NOLA. A group of protesters carried a coffin and banners as they marched from outside BP headquarters to the Federal Court building where what is expected to be one of the largest trials in US history is set to commence Monday, March 5th..Photo Credit; Charlie Varley
    29feb12-BP protest15.JPG
  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
20 yr old Tristan Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans035.JPG
  • 21December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans028.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005. Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie walks into the flooded darkness in Carlyss with a can of gasoline for his boat.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
Dogs, cut loose to run free roam the deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.  <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita015.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita009.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets around the Valero Port Arthur refinery the day before the storm hits.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita007.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Procter St,  Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita005.JPG
  • 23 Sept 2005. Procter St,  Port Arthur, Texas.  Hurricane Rita evacuation. <br />
The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23 Sept 2005-rita004.JPG
  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Cameron, Louisiana. Local man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie walks into the flooded darkness in Carlyss with a can of gasoline for his boat.
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  • 23rd Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita, Port Arthur, Texas. Houston Ave. The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents.
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Gas and oil pipelines already criss-cross and decimate much of Louisiana's wetlands statewide. For decades environmentalists have complained that the channeling of such pipelines through the wetlands has done nothing but permit salt water to intrude upon fresh water, killing hundreds of thousands of acres of wetland. During hurricanes salt water is funneled into the marshes by the oil and gas channels slashing through the wetlands. The oil and gas industry has for the most part ignored the accusation, focusing instead on adding more such pipelines.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill060.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
 Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard as they load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it washes ashore.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo062.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. The first day of hurricane season 2006. Illegal Mexican immigrant workers gut a marina boat house on Breakwater Drive which backs onto the New Orleans Marina. The workers wait at gas stations early in the mornings in the hope they will be picked up by contractors. Few speak any English and all send money back to their families in Mexico every week.
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The Ferry Stop, the only local service business operating in Braithwaite a year after the storm. The business remains in limbo with little support from Plaquemines Parish and awaits insurance settlement in order to rebuild its once thriving gas station.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite026.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Oil and gas pipelines criss cross the wetlands just south of the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes. 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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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Ubiquitous Halliburton has a hand in many things oil and gas and shares the blame with BP for responsibility for its part in the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse. Halliburton's facility was off limits to the media at the time this image was shot. To gain access one must arrange for a representative from the coastguard to escort you. The cost guard puts you on a list and then it's 'hurry up and wait.' They never did return my call.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Ubiquitous Halliburton has a hand in many things oil and gas and shares the blame with BP for responsibility for its part in the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse. Halliburton's facility was off limits to the media at the time this image was shot. To gain access one must arrange for a representative from the coastguard to escort you. The cost guard puts you on a list and then it's 'hurry up and wait.' They never did return my call.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05may10-oil-spill055.JPG
  • 01 Aug 2013. Springfield Louisiana.<br />
The sleepy town of Springfield, with more churches than gas stations and restaurants combined. Despite what many are claiming to be spurious payments by BP, life in rural Louisiana hasn't changed much. BP has launched a major publicity campaign to fight back against what it considers unjust payouts from the Gulf coast claims process. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    01aug13-BP claims013.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The Ferry Stop, the only local service business operating in Braithwaite a year after the storm. The business remains in limbo with little support from Plaquemines Parish and awaits insurance settlement in order to rebuild its once thriving gas station.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite026.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Grand Isle.  Water world of the south, perched at the mouth of mississippi delta, all that separates land from the Gulf of Mexico. Strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    26may10-barataria bay018.JPG
  • 10 December, 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
3 1/2 months after the storm. From fancy lights, to meagre lights to no Christmas lights. A car remains pinned underneath a house in the Gentilly neighbourhood. Residents of the neighbourhood complain that they see no attempts to help them, no federal help, local government help, nothing. Curfews remain in place after dark, painfully slowly mountains of trash are cleared from the streets, there is no electricity or gas, although the water is allegedly 'safe' to drink.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10Dec05-New Orleans040.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil030.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil023.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil021.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil020.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil017.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Craig Taffaro, president of St Bernard parish heads up a crisis meeting at the command center in Hpedale.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil010.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil039.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil007.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil005.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Paul Trosclair, a fisherman all his life on his boat the Karen Susan. Trosclair is now subcontracted to BP. A religious man, Trosclair wonders if he is not seeing the 'end of days,' as predicted in Revelations where he believes the Bible reads one of the signs will be 'when the sea turns to blood.' He does not know when or if he will ever be able to return to shrimping. He puts his faith in the Lord.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil001.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Warning signs cross the marshes where petro chemical and gas pipelines criss cross the Louisiana wetlands. Oil companies have cut pipeline throughout the region. Ecologists argue this reckless carving up of the wetlands are one of the main reasons for erosion and salt water intrusion. 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. 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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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
What have we done? Juvenile pelicans coated in oil await cleaning at the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)in Fort Jackson. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
Welcome to the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in Fort Jakson where birds soiled by oil are bought for cleaning. The animals have been collected from marshes throughout Louisiana where BP's catastrophic oil spill washes ashore.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo001.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil penetrates the fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The region has yet to clean up from Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Jean Lafitte just south of New Orleans. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Fishing boats tied up at Jean Lafitte just south of New Orleans. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Fishing boats tied up at Jean Lafitte just south of New Orleans. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The marsh land near Grand Isle is soaked with oil, the filthy tide mark clearly visible. The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that separates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The marsh land near Grand Isle is soaked with oil, the filthy tide mark clearly visible. The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that separates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The marsh land near Grand Isle is soaked with oil, the filthy tide mark clearly visible. The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that separates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay022.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The marsh land near Grand Isle is soaked with oil, the filthy tide mark clearly visible. The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disastarous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay020.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Grand Isle.  Waterworld of the south, perched at the mouth of mississippi delta, all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. Strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disastarous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay019.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
A gas flare from an oil platform as seen from Barataria Bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay077.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay075.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay074.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
The fragile grass lands perched at the mouth of Mississippi delta is all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. The region is strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Grand Isle.  Waterworld of the south, perched at the mouth of mississippi delta, all that seperates land from the Gulf of Mexico. Strategically vital to the American oil and gas industry and a major player in America's seafood industry. BP's catastrophic oil spill continues to spew a black tide of death which continues to encroach upon everything in the region. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips are cancelled. The only real business is cleaning up big oil's disasterous screw up. 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. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
Efforts continue to cap an abandoned oil well that was hit by a barge on July 27th. The unlit well spewed additional oil, gas and water 200ft into the air causing more misery to the sensitive environment already reeling from oil spilled by BP out in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil024.JPG
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