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Karl Burkart

Jindal's photo album of wetlands oil

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal puts up Flickr album of gruesome oil creeping into the Louisiana wetlands.

Fri, May 21 2010 at 9:38 PM EST
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Photo: Office of Gov. Jindal/Flickr
Gov. Bobby Jindal has thrown down the gauntlet this week. In exasperation he has called out the Louisiana Coast Guard, BP officials and the Obama administration for what can only be described as negligence in responding to the catastrophic oil spill. Earlier this week, the "first wave" of oil from the collapsed Deepwater Horizon oil platform hit the fragile marshlands of Passe a Loutre, La. 
 
Jindal went on a boat tour of the marshlands most immediately impacted by the spill and released a set of photographs on his Flickr page. Many have commented on the "grim reaper" aspect of this oil. It seems to kill plant life on contact, making it painfully easy to track how quickly the oil has penetrated one of Lousiana's most important wetlands habitats. 
 
It's not pretty, but I encourage you to check out the photos and applaud the governor for releasing these photographs publicly. Also make sure and check out MNN's "By the Numbers" infographic on the BP oil spill for some useful factoids.
 
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Rose Balcom 05/22/2010 17:47 PM

It's hard to express the utter helplessness of the unfolding ecological horror in the Gulf in mere words.The only grim solution to stopping and cleaning up the ecological carnage in the gulf is that there is no effective man-made solution. Not for oil in/on water. Only raw emotions. It was just a matter of time when the leaked oil would reach land with the tide and currents. The spilled oil will 'kill back' the environment/ ecology, impacting the aquatic and marine life that once thrived in.... More

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Sherry Ferguson 05/22/2010 14:32 PM

Thank you for the photos,but you know as I know that this is just the beginning of life long damage and destruction.Also this is only what we can see on the surface,there is a way more tremendous damage and destruction to more than we can even fathom.It makes my heart ache and tears come to my eyes.I feel so helpless.Imagine how the animals,the birds,the mammals,the sea creatures,the fish...........there are millions more I do not even know their names.I apologize on behalf of the greedy men.... More

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