NPR: Interest Turns Away, But Gulf Coast Still Suffers (audio)

Writer Terry Tempest Williams felt compelled to bear witness to the devastation and share the stories of those most affected.

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Do not believe the things being said about these two things:
"one, the amount of oil that has been released; and two, the amount of dispersants that are being sprayed."
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Dr. Paul Kemp, one of the vice presidents of the Audubon Society. And he basically said America's Gulf Coast is in cardiac arrest and the system is breaking down, not from one thing but everything. And it's true when they said, you know, what you're really asking for - when he was talking about this Marshall Plan, you know, scaled over the entire Mississippi River system restoration, restoration of the Mississippi Delta, I said, you're basically talking about calling for a complete restructuring of Western civilization. And he didn't flinch. I mean, these are the stories that are so moving to me.

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Lori DeAngelis, passionate. She's known in the Mobile Bay area of Alabama as the Dolphin Queen, passionate about her dolphins, emotional about her dolphins, was diagnosed with chemically induced pneumonia. She was bleeding from her nose and internal bleeding, very, very sick.

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And now, Lori can't work. She can't check on her dolphins. I spoke to her yesterday, two dolphins. Normally, there's 40 that she's very familiar with. She said they can't establish eye contact. You know, you hear that there's two dolphins in today's USA Today - two dolphins that were reported dead. You know, I think that's laughable. So much of the sentiment of the people that I spoke with is, what do we believe? Who do we believe? And what I saw to be true, were the people on the ground who were doing the real ground truth(ph) thing(ph), where it was their survival at stake.
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WE DON'T FEEL LIKE AMERICANS ANYMORE!!!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130728592

This thread illustrates itself!

Terry Tempest is one journalist willing to dig for the story.

Especially in terms of crimes of this magnitude. Ecocide has occurred but we're more interested in Jersey Shore, NASCAR and Brad and Angie's sex life. :puke:

Thanks for helping keep it at the forefront.