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A Community Photo Project Asks "Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?"

Searching for a way to mark the one-year anniversary of the BP oil disaster, I thought about a series of photographs I saw recently from Lower Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. They weren’t images of coastal destruction, they were the faces of people young and old holding up a simple handwritten message answering this question: “Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?” [...Read more]

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Leah Mahan

A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too

As scientists investigate whether the BP oil disaster contributed to an unexplained die-off of dolphins and sea turtles in the Gulf, another oil disaster is underway thousands of miles away in the middle of South Atlantic. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner

Bridge the Gulf Youth Media Workshop in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Dana Solet is one of the coordinators of the United Houma Nation's Youth Media Team, and her excitement about using new media is contagious. [...Read more]

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Leah Mahan