worker cleans tarballs from the BP oil spill on Waveland beach December 6, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi. Nearly eight months after the spill, tarballs are still washing up on the beach.
(Mario Tama/Getty)
A year after a an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig created a devastating oil spill in the region, how are fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico dealing with the disaster? The BBC's Robyn Bresnahan visited the area to speak with people whose livelihood has been affected by the spill and the aftermath. She's witnessed everything from dead oysters to a resident so determined to increase awareness she walked to Washington D.C. from New Orleans on foot. Today we hear more from Bresnahan about her experiences in the Gulf.
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Comments [1]
We must live in two different worlds.
I saw the original BBC program. They spent considerable time trying to figure out where the oil went. They also showed the fishing industry and indicated that the current catch is the highest in years (Possibly because of the the fishing ban).
Also to my surprise, as they showed the greatly improved situation, they also showed clips of Obama stating that this would be a ecological disaster for decades.
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