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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

BP Says:After 5 Years the Gulf is Fine (LIARS)

The magazine of the Natural Resources Defense Council
THE GULF DISASTER, FIVE YEARS LATERhttp://www.onearth.org/earthwire/acy-cooper-gulf-oil-disaster?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=socialmedia

MUTATED 

TRUTHS

Five years after the BP disaster, 

the oil company says everything is 

back to normal. 

This shrimper begs to differ.

Sarah CraigPHOTO: SARAH CRAIG

and Bridge the Gulf to tell stories of people 
living through the Deepwater Horizon 
disaster. As the five-year mark approaches,
onEarth revisited Gulf residents for an 
update. First of four parts.

Acy Cooper is tough as nails. He's a third-
generation shrimper, born in the small fishing 
town of Venice, found about 80 miles south of 
New Orleans. As vice president of the
his finger on the pulse of the bayou’s lucrative 
fishing industry. The harvest, however, hasn’t 
been so bountiful since BP’s Deepwater Horizon 
exploded on April 20, 2010, releasing 200 million 
gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

Now, five years later, Cooper and his family
consisting of three kids and nine grandchildren, 
are struggling to make ends meet. BP’s massive 
PR campaign touting the region’s return to 
normalcy does not play well in these parts. 

Cooper says fishing catches are down by a third, 
and several of his fellow fishermen complain of 
inadequate compensation from the oil company—
many took quick cash payments after their 
claims became bogged down with paperwork. 
Now they have little financial support if business 
conditions don’t take a turn for the better soon.

The signs aren’t encouraging. As his friends 
lose their homes and shrimp come in with massive 
tumors, black gills, and no eyes, Cooper worries 
the community will continue to deteriorate if 
fishing doesn’t return to normal—for real.

“Its not right” Cooper says. “It’s a long way to 
being right.” Listen to his story below. 

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