0:00:08.460,0:00:12.110 The Gulf of Mexico is home to a [br]wide variety of marine life. 0:00:12.610,0:00:14.950 The Atlantic bluefin tuna[br]spawns in these waters. 0:00:14.950,0:00:16.230 Sperm whales inhabit [br]the area year round 0:00:18.390,0:00:19.080 and whale sharks frequent 0:00:19.800,0:00:22.290 the northern Gulf often. 0:00:22.290,0:00:23.870 Five of the world's sea turtle species 0:00:23.890,0:00:25.360 are found in the Gulf of Mexico 0:00:26.100,0:00:27.590 All of these marine creatures 0:00:27.590,0:00:29.550 depend on this ocean for survival 0:00:30.140,0:00:31.580 Yet there is another species 0:00:31.600,0:00:33.210 that depends on something else 0:00:34.060,0:00:56.960 something very deep beneath the sea. 0:01:28.850,0:01:32.378 Drill Spill Repeat 0:01:41.572,0:01:42.760 Four years ago, 0:01:42.760,0:01:45.280 The Gulf of Mexico was[br]immeasurably changed. 0:01:46.760,0:01:48.610 Fans of oil sheen still 0:01:48.610,0:01:50.520 drift along the sea and coastline 0:01:52.030,0:01:53.770 We've been continually altering[br]the seascape 0:01:54.430,0:01:55.950 in the gulf for many years 0:01:57.460,0:01:59.510 Today, the Gulf of Mexico 0:01:59.510,0:02:02.710 is a virtual city of oil[br]and gas platforms. 0:02:03.270,0:02:04.780 They stretch farther than the eye 0:02:04.820,0:02:07.070 can see eclipsing the horizon 0:02:08.490,0:02:10.430 Whether the Gulf will ever recover 0:02:10.810,0:02:12.320 still remains a mystery 0:02:13.070,0:02:14.780 How we got here is not 0:02:25.190,0:02:26.850 The flash of power 0:02:26.930,0:02:29.250 The gleam of oil 0:02:29.290,0:02:30.430 well you know what makes makes your auto run 0:02:31.800,0:02:33.390 For millions of years 0:02:33.720,0:02:35.350 this source of powers slept 0:02:35.560,0:02:37.190 peacefully in the dark recesses[br]of the earth. 0:02:37.190,0:02:39.680 Until modern magic 0:02:39.680,0:02:41.730 Loosed the liquid energy 0:02:41.730,0:02:42.730 from its subterranean prison 0:02:42.730,0:02:45.580 gray areas became 0:02:46.500,0:02:48.330 Second only to taxes 0:02:48.670,0:02:50.270 oil is the greatest revenue 0:02:50.300,0:02:51.440 in the US Treasury. 0:02:53.550,0:02:55.170 In 1896 0:02:55.500,0:02:57.340 the first offshore drilling rigs were 0:02:57.340,0:02:58.770 established on the continental shelf 0:02:58.870,0:03:01.670 near the coast of Santa Barbara,[br]California 0:03:02.520,0:03:05.460 In 1969, Santa Barbara experienced 0:03:05.460,0:03:06.720 the worst environmental 0:03:06.720,0:03:08.010 disaster of the time 0:03:09.130,0:03:10.680 over 2.5 million 0:03:10.680,0:03:12.750 gallons of crude oil gushed 0:03:12.750,0:03:14.390 into the ocean after a blowout 0:03:14.660,0:03:17.340 at an offshore drilling rig. 0:03:17.340,0:03:20.050 Over 100 miles of pristine California 0:03:20.050,0:03:24.120 beach were littered with oily dead birds[br]and marine animals 0:03:25.210,0:03:26.850 After Santa Barbara 0:03:26.850,0:03:28.280 the nation was divided into 0:03:28.400,0:03:31.370 pro offshore drilling and[br]anti offshare drilling 0:03:31.920,0:03:36.440 the debate became so contentious it[br]even became a campaign topic 0:03:36.460,0:03:38.170 in the 1988 presidential election. 0:03:39.740,0:03:41.220 Little did we know what was 0:03:41.220,0:03:44.900 waiting for us just around the corner[br]in March of 1989 0:03:45.090,0:03:47.490 The worst oil spill[br]in this nation's history 0:03:47.890,0:03:49.660 It took place on Friday, 0:03:49.660,0:03:52.820 when a super tanker[br]owned by the Exxon Corporation 0:03:52.820,0:03:54.130 hit a reef 25 miles[br]off the port of Valdez 0:03:55.260,0:03:57.820 By today 10 million gallons[br]of oil 0:03:57.820,0:04:00.080 covered a hundred square[br]miles of ocean. 0:04:09.870,0:04:10.770 We all know 0:04:11.500,0:04:13.130 that human activities are changing... 0:04:13.360,0:04:15.840 In the wake of the Exxon President 0:04:15.990,0:04:17.040 HW Bush reacted 0:04:17.399,0:04:18.720 to the public outcry and 0:04:18.850,0:04:21.010 banned offshore drilling. 0:04:21.130,0:04:23.020 That ban was continued by his successor 0:04:23.340,0:04:25.320 and lasted for over 15 years. 0:04:26.060,0:04:27.890 It wasn't until 2007 0:04:28.260,0:04:31.180 in President George W Bush's[br]second term 0:04:31.380,0:04:35.130 that he lifted his father's 17-year ban[br]on offshore drilling 0:04:35.970,0:04:38.860 We need to take action now to expand[br]domestic oil production. 0:04:38.860,0:04:41.780 So today I have issued a memorandum 0:04:41.780,0:04:43.350 to lift the excutive prohibition 0:04:43.350,0:04:45.410 on oil exploration in OCS 0:04:45.520,0:04:47.870 with this action,[br]the excutive branch's restrictions 0:04:47.870,0:04:49.970 on this exploration[br]have been cleared away. 0:04:49.970,0:04:53.870 Oil means horsepower [br]in a horsepower using world 0:04:54.860,0:04:57.630 More power to you. 0:05:07.550,0:05:10.170 I'm Bonnie Shoemaker,[br]I'm a PhD physicist 0:05:10.300,0:05:13.010 from the California [br]Institute of Technology 0:05:13.010,0:05:16.610 I brought my little plane [br]out here in April 2010 0:05:16.740,0:05:18.830 to see what I could do to help. 0:05:18.830,0:05:21.000 The scientists that I would take out, 0:05:21.010,0:05:22.270 they were actually changed 0:05:22.510,0:05:23.720 once I took them out there[br]in the plane 0:05:23.720,0:05:25.620 and they saw with their own eyes 0:05:26.180,0:05:28.190 They were flying over miles 0:05:28.230,0:05:30.950 and miles and miles[br]of non-stop oil. 0:05:30.950,0:05:33.900 That's when they realized [br]that this is really bad. 0:05:33.900,0:05:35.750 We probably have singlehandedly done 0:05:35.750,0:05:37.630 the most to force accountability[br]on these guys. 0:05:38.130,0:05:40.210 Because I come back from every flight 0:05:40.210,0:05:43.180 and I report[br]I've put in 20 NRC reports 0:05:43.180,0:05:45.240 The coast guard has to answer. 0:05:45.240,0:05:47.620 the gas company has to answer. 0:05:47.620,0:05:51.610 So it's like, oh god she flew again[br]Here we go 0:05:52.720,0:05:54.860 It was not pretty, what I was showing 0:05:55.120,0:05:57.080 even around the BP site. 0:05:57.140,0:05:58.560 The Deepwater Horizon 0:05:58.610,0:06:01.770 there was extensive sheen contingent leakage[br]into 2012 0:06:02.460,0:06:03.950 and I'm not sure that anyone else 0:06:03.950,0:06:04.910 was monitoring that. 0:06:04.960,0:06:06.620 That cost them a lot of money, 0:06:06.620,0:06:08.080 to go out there and fix that. 0:06:08.080,0:06:11.330 if nobody bothered to notice it[br]the wouldn't have had to do anything. 0:06:11.330,0:06:13.310 So I was not popular 0:06:13.310,0:06:15.600 And what's wrong with letting [br]people know the truth. 0:06:21.140,0:06:24.050 The people of BP [br]made a commitment to the gulf 0:06:24.050,0:06:26.580 and every day since we've [br]worked hard to keep it. 0:06:26.580,0:06:29.200 BP has paid over $23 billion 0:06:29.200,0:06:31.020 to help people and businesses who are affected 0:06:31.760,0:06:34.490 we're paying for all spill related[br]clean up costs. 0:06:34.490,0:06:36.060 Today the beaches in the gulf 0:06:36.080,0:06:37.780 are open for everyone to enjoy 0:06:38.140,0:06:39.620 We're making sure people know that the 0:06:39.670,0:06:40.950 Gulf is open for business 0:06:41.500,0:06:44.280 The beaches are beautiful[br]the seafood is delicious 0:06:44.740,0:06:48.160 last year many areas even reported[br]record tourism seasons 0:06:48.160,0:06:51.850 I was born here, I'm still here[br]and so is BP. 0:06:51.850,0:06:53.530 We were committed to the Gulf 0:06:54.050,0:06:56.950 for everyone who loves it[br]and everyone who calls it home. 0:06:59.020,0:07:01.060 I thought leave things commercial fishermen 0:07:01.150,0:07:03.220 in Southeast Louisiana is not 0:07:03.220,0:07:05.060 as good as those BP commercials 0:07:05.080,0:07:06.790 would have you believe. 0:07:06.790,0:07:08.410 My shrimp production is down 0:07:08.410,0:07:10.410 still down between 40% to 60% 0:07:10.750,0:07:14.450 in my area and I've been making a living[br]in Lake bohren myself for 29 years. 0:07:14.450,0:07:16.960 working on a boat, [br]I can't do it anymore 0:07:16.960,0:07:20.000 My oyster production is down at least 93% 0:07:20.740,0:07:23.640 In the last 4 years I might have sold[br]about 1500 sacks 0:07:23.740,0:07:25.320 in 4 years. 0:07:25.320,0:07:27.050 I used to sell that a week 0:07:27.050,0:07:28.970 And 240 million of BP commercials 0:07:29.000,0:07:32.750 as a lot of people believe that we're OK.[br]We're not. 0:07:32.750,0:07:34.970 People are losing it 0:07:34.970,0:07:37.680 because they can't do what they[br]want to do for a living. 0:07:37.680,0:07:40.050 So you you get a choice, let's go[br]do something else. 0:07:40.050,0:07:42.540 Give you an option, [br]we'l retrain you 0:07:43.090,0:07:45.550 I say watcha goin retrain me to be[br]a brain surgeon? 0:07:45.550,0:07:48.303 or a cable installer, either one [br]of them sucks 0:07:49.096,0:07:51.110 I don't have the education[br]to be a brain surgeon 0:07:51.110,0:07:52.840 And I'm not going to install cable 0:07:52.840,0:07:55.490 If you you take me and put me[br]in the carpenter field 0:07:55.700,0:07:58.780 or in welding, I'm putting [br]somebody else out of a job. 0:07:59.010,0:08:01.260 So here comes the domino effect[br]we were telling you about. 0:08:01.540,0:08:04.190 Oyster production is like[br]the canary in a mine 0:08:04.190,0:08:06.510 Again the canary dies, [br]you in trouble, get outta there 0:08:06.510,0:08:09.820 Until we get our oyster population back[br]which filters the water 0:08:09.990,0:08:12.260 We're not gonna have a good environment. 0:08:12.260,0:08:14.320 Commercial fishermen 0:08:14.460,0:08:16.760 You have highs and lows of economics 0:08:16.760,0:08:18.220 highs and lows of weather hurricanes 0:08:18.340,0:08:20.010 you know, but this man-made 0:08:20.010,0:08:22.030 disaster is just lingering,[br]we are still in trouble 0:08:22.490,0:08:24.120 The spill has brought 0:08:24.190,0:08:26.870 light to a lot 0:08:26.870,0:08:29.030 of the issues in the gulf 0:08:29.340,0:08:31.060 all of the ancillary businesses 0:08:32.280,0:08:36.130 family fisheries, docks,[br]the marinas 0:08:36.130,0:08:39.230 The ice houses, [br]the transportation companies 0:08:39.230,0:08:43.520 People who provide[br]snacks and groceries to stores. 0:08:43.820,0:08:44.990 All of that 0:08:44.990,0:08:46.740 is a direct reflection 0:08:46.890,0:08:48.020 of what can happen 0:08:48.790,0:08:50.180 when things cease 0:08:50.220,0:08:51.980 But after oil spill. 0:08:51.980,0:08:55.260 You know they shut recreational fishing[br] 0:08:56.130,0:08:59.740 they shut commercial fishing 0:08:59.810,0:09:01.530 and that just killed everybody 0:09:01.570,0:09:04.250 in this part of the world. 0:09:04.250,0:09:06.350 It's affected everything 0:09:06.370,0:09:08.080 it's affecting every business around 0:09:08.380,0:09:10.650 That's how we count out the seasons 0:09:10.650,0:09:14.420 It's oyster season[br]and it's crab season 0:09:14.460,0:09:16.450 It's crawfish season. You know 0:09:16.450,0:09:18.730 and even that we're having 0:09:19.220,0:09:20.740 some issues with we've taken it 0:09:20.770,0:09:22.060 for granted for so 0:09:22.060,0:09:24.610 long that it's it's 0:09:24.610,0:09:25.950 a little disconcerting 0:09:26.540,0:09:28.960 And it feels different. 0:09:28.960,0:09:30.030 How you approach things. 0:09:30.210,0:09:34.110 It's affecting my my life[br]and my culture. 0:09:35.810,0:09:38.630 This is not a normal[br]situation. 0:09:38.800,0:09:40.650 To see what it was like 0:09:41.270,0:09:43.740 and to see what it is like today. 0:09:43.840,0:09:47.420 My name's Al Sonceri co-owner and president 0:09:47.680,0:09:49.160 of T and J Oyster Company 0:09:50.170,0:09:53.940 Been in business here[br]for 138 years 0:09:53.940,0:09:55.060 and with my brother 0:09:55.250,0:09:56.780 We've owned the business 0:09:56.780,0:09:58.890 since the mid 1980s 0:09:59.900,0:10:02.620 The shucking house [br]has been in operation 0:10:02.620,0:10:04.190 since 1921 0:10:04.590,0:10:06.330 you'll see today that 0:10:06.330,0:10:07.590 there is no one in here, 0:10:07.590,0:10:09.560 we'd have 4 people here 0:10:09.600,0:10:11.170 6 on that side 0:10:11.170,0:10:12.490 and 7 over here 0:10:12.830,0:10:16.410 we shuck $120 to 140[br]sacks of oysters a day 0:10:16.630,0:10:18.010 Now it you know 0:10:18.120,0:10:19.630 if we do a 3rd of that that's plenty. 0:10:19.770,0:10:24.010 We're having to get what we can[br] 0:10:24.010,0:10:27.450 that is of higher quality[br]and its limited 0:10:27.450,0:10:30.890 We're not going to just[br]sell anything 0:10:31.120,0:10:32.660 We're not gonna do it[br]under our brand 0:10:32.660,0:10:35.540 we've been doing this 138 years 0:10:35.540,0:10:38.940 to do something that's inferior 0:10:39.120,0:10:41.320 wouldn't be the right thing to do 0:10:41.320,0:10:43.480 for our families business. 0:10:43.610,0:10:46.770 Well I used to get very[br]emotional talking about this 0:10:47.450,0:10:50.780 but have began to be able[br]to compartmentalize the whole thing 0:10:50.910,0:10:54.550 and not think about it as the people 0:10:54.550,0:10:56.080 that worked out here 0:10:56.800,0:10:59.620 and processed our oysters,[br]we all grew up with. 0:10:59.900,0:11:04.880 This cooler used to always be filled[br]up with product 0:11:05.220,0:11:07.790 I got a few shells 0:11:07.790,0:11:11.080 that we shucked over the last 10 days 0:11:11.250,0:11:13.370 Louisiana used to produce 0:11:13.370,0:11:15.530 40% of 0:11:15.610,0:11:17.050 all the market our 0:11:17.650,0:11:19.580 oysters from their public 0:11:19.680,0:11:21.720 oyster grounds public grounds 0:11:21.770,0:11:23.030 used to produce almost 0:11:23.030,0:11:24.570 100% of all seen 0:11:24.980,0:11:28.060 and since the oil disaster 0:11:28.190,0:11:31.080 those areas had been non productive 0:11:31.170,0:11:32.520 more and more processors 0:11:32.700,0:11:34.560 like ourselves have gone 0:11:34.560,0:11:36.460 out of business and 0:11:37.040,0:11:38.430 as time goes on 0:11:38.520,0:11:40.110 there's gonna be less of us doing 0:11:40.270,0:11:42.180 this because we can't hold out 0:11:42.240,0:11:44.010 We haven't received anything 0:11:44.010,0:11:45.410 from BP, we've 0:11:45.470,0:11:46.830 been able and go through 0:11:46.900,0:11:49.020 all those years operation 0:11:49.080,0:11:52.310 our families have gone 5 generations 0:11:52.310,0:11:54.970 through all those different ups and downs 0:11:55.090,0:11:58.730 the wars as the natural disasters 0:11:59.000,0:12:00.970 and this man-madedisaster about the 0:12:00.970,0:12:03.880 biggest hurdle we've ever[br]had to overcome. 0:12:07.920,0:12:09.830 11 men died that day 0:12:09.880,0:12:11.240 Don't forget it 0:12:13.210,0:12:14.860 Every one of those men they 0:12:14.860,0:12:19.380 had families they had wives[br]and parents and children. 0:12:21.940,0:12:23.440 And all those families have 0:12:23.480,0:12:25.720 been deprived of their loved ones. 0:12:26.660,0:12:28.890 Everybody thinks about the long-term 0:12:29.430,0:12:31.730 pollution in the Gulf 0:12:31.730,0:12:33.520 and it's out there. 0:12:33.920,0:12:37.050 But don't forget, we're talking[br]about human lives here. 0:12:46.700,0:12:48.480 The industry over and 0:12:48.480,0:12:50.850 over and has proven itself 0:12:50.850,0:12:52.630 to be exceedingly 0:12:52.630,0:12:55.150 irresponsible irresponsibility 0:12:55.420,0:12:57.320 includes covering 0:12:57.320,0:12:59.960 up how much they pollute 0:13:00.390,0:13:01.910 BP did not want 0:13:02.080,0:13:05.020 any outside help,[br]and expert 0:13:05.170,0:13:07.020 outside help from around 0:13:07.020,0:13:09.680 the world was offered 0:13:11.510,0:13:13.230 And rejected 0:13:13.230,0:13:14.970 And the reason they turned them down 0:13:15.630,0:13:16.990 it's because they didn't want 0:13:16.990,0:13:18.610 anybody to know 0:13:18.980,0:13:20.360 exactly how much 0:13:20.840,0:13:22.770 oil was being released 0:13:22.820,0:13:25.150 from that explosion. 0:13:25.150,0:13:26.460 The reason they didn't want 0:13:26.570,0:13:28.000 anybody to know how much 0:13:28.000,0:13:29.970 they were polluting is because 0:13:30.010,0:13:32.040 the fine and is based 0:13:32.400,0:13:33.910 on the amount of pollution 0:13:34.270,0:13:35.440 I apologize. 0:13:36.910,0:13:38.720 I do not want to live in the country 0:13:39.420,0:13:41.610 where any time a citizen 0:13:41.710,0:13:43.530 or a corporation does 0:13:43.580,0:13:46.460 something that is legitimately wrong. 0:13:46.620,0:13:48.350 It is subject to some 0:13:48.350,0:13:50.850 sort of political pressure 0:13:51.030,0:13:52.720 That is again in my words 0:13:53.470,0:13:55.760 Amounts to a shakedown. 0:13:58.210,0:13:59.780 Local communities and those 0:13:59.780,0:14:01.230 who joined a response team 0:14:01.250,0:14:03.720 to help with the cleanup[br]have not recovered. 0:14:04.220,0:14:06.790 Their communities have not recovered 0:14:08.400,0:14:11.350 Life as they know it has changed[br]indefinitely. 0:14:12.290,0:14:14.310 They may never get their lives back 0:14:14.940,0:14:17.220 They were letting people swim in the water 0:14:18.160,0:14:20.190 Right in front of me dispersants,[br]they were spraying. 0:14:20.260,0:14:23.470 and all the animals are trying[br]to get out of the water. 0:14:24.430,0:14:26.010 These animals were alive 0:14:26.910,0:14:29.480 These suckers were crawling out of the water. 0:14:30.240,0:14:34.040 Crabs, mullet, flounder, shrimp 0:14:37.640,0:14:39.620 2010 in May 0:14:40.520,0:14:43.150 I went to work with BP 0:14:43.770,0:14:45.310 and the tragic started in my lift 0:14:46.570,0:14:49.120 In the the 3rd week of program I fell out 0:14:49.540,0:14:51.990 BAm I had to go get rushed[br]to the emergency room. 0:14:52.120,0:14:55.880 I'm puking, throwing up[br]shittin on myself, bleeding out my ass 0:14:55.880,0:14:58.720 So he said son, you've been chemically poisoned. 0:14:58.920,0:15:01.000 Why don't you have respirators 0:15:01.400,0:15:05.380 and suits and tape around your boots[br]and gloves. 0:15:05.380,0:15:07.190 and get our contacts 0:15:07.190,0:15:09.590 in stuff I said they never never 0:15:09.590,0:15:10.090 give us any, 0:15:10.900,0:15:12.560 he said. Yeah, I shouldn't be on this war 0:15:13.180,0:15:14.820 So I would back Tomas supervised 0:15:15.060,0:15:16.960 the pool blood out of me. 0:15:16.960,0:15:19.970 Me and my wife a why secondhand 0:15:20.200,0:15:22.450 splurge Sarwan back supervisor 0:15:24.670,0:15:26.760 What does doctor told me he 0:15:26.760,0:15:28.080 told me if I said anything else 0:15:28.080,0:15:28.890 I'd be terminated. 0:15:29.270,0:15:31.480 In 2000. 11 are supposed 0:15:31.480,0:15:33.880 to well by the fall of 2000 0:15:34.100,0:15:35.690 the not so sick and it was 0:15:35.690,0:15:37.070 a justice. It was all us 0:15:37.740,0:15:39.940 coming across those duties nets 0:15:39.940,0:15:41.490 and it's in that dispersants 0:15:41.650,0:15:42.990 fixed everything touches. 0:15:44.000,0:15:45.850 It sticks to the so on 0:15:45.980,0:15:47.790 its sticks hands I see 0:15:48.050,0:15:49.730 stick to my shoes walking house 0:15:49.730,0:15:52.510 and sticking to floor it me inside 0:15:53.480,0:15:54.420 And expose my family. 0:15:55.320,0:15:57.330 80 90% business was repairs 0:15:57.420,0:15:59.560 because mission in Congo trolls 0:15:59.560,0:16:01.640 are down turn around over a hole one 0:16:01.670,0:16:04.330 they will smile Texas incident drought 0:16:04.390,0:16:06.110 down because I no longer handle 0:16:06.440,0:16:09.450 he used commercial gear coming 0:16:09.450,0:16:12.280 out got from Mexico that's new 0:16:12.680,0:16:15.510 a of news used yet found 0:16:15.980,0:16:17.620 will touch you know as I don't touch 0:16:17.710,0:16:19.040 me, I know it's talks 0:16:19.730,0:16:21.210 There's 2 kinds of people, 0:16:21.210,0:16:23.480 the ones that get sick and no 0:16:23.480,0:16:26.360 one's gonna get so many 0:16:26.360,0:16:27.820 different things wrong with 0:16:27.840,0:16:29.190 me now. And never 0:16:29.190,0:16:30.880 had problems with I've 0:16:30.930,0:16:33.240 lost faith in an analysis 0:16:33.820,0:16:35.310 system, I think 0:16:35.370,0:16:36.370 our government is. 0:16:37.960,0:16:39.890 Prostitute in itself. 0:16:39.890,0:16:41.480 The people who sell should then 0:16:41.480,0:16:41.760 for. 0:16:43.190,0:16:44.440 People like myself. 0:16:44.440,0:16:46.390 Older people. 0:16:46.390,0:16:48.090 We should have been given some 0:16:48.090,0:16:50.730 kind of morning they made 0:16:50.780,0:16:52.830 victims of victims 0:16:53.630,0:16:55.120 I was recovering from a train 0:16:56.060,0:16:57.340 and arm that can recover. 0:17:05.609,0:17:07.770 There's a human health crisis 0:17:08.130,0:17:10.130 raging in the Gulf. 0:17:10.130,0:17:11.690 They don't think a lot of people know 0:17:11.690,0:17:14.319 they but its traders Gazans 0:17:14.319,0:17:16.089 in people who are in very, very sick 0:17:16.819,0:17:19.339 is something called Gulf Coast into Rome 0:17:19.900,0:17:21.430 that people have in their 0:17:21.480,0:17:22.770 so many symptoms 0:17:24.140,0:17:26.970 are included in their millions neurological 0:17:26.970,0:17:29.330 symptoms rumors memory 0:17:29.450,0:17:34.880 loss policy our part an 0:17:35.410,0:17:38.270 kidney damage here's skin 0:17:38.580,0:17:40.230 damage and skin rashes 0:17:40.750,0:17:40.930 years. 0:17:40.970,0:17:43.980 Cancer starting to emerge 0:17:45.790,0:17:47.080 causes oil to enter the body 0:17:48.590,0:17:50.520 more readily correction is 0:17:50.550,0:17:52.280 the the solvent opens 0:17:52.280,0:17:54.010 up the cell walls 0:17:54.360,0:17:56.030 it goes through it. That's 0:17:56.030,0:17:57.680 why it breaks up the rail once 0:17:57.730,0:17:59.420 it in the body Oriel targets 0:17:59.550,0:18:01.310 every organ system the liver 0:18:01.340,0:18:04.920 the kidney the heart to the brain 0:18:05.590,0:18:07.370 everything the mixture of correction 0:18:07.470,0:18:09.260 in oil is highly 0:18:09.260,0:18:10.730 toxic, we know this 0:18:11.240,0:18:12.060 There have been studies, then 0:18:12.640,0:18:14.210 from previous oil spills 0:18:14.520,0:18:16.210 particularly the Exxon Valdez 0:18:16.570,0:18:19.590 oil spill corrects it 95-27 0:18:19.760,0:18:21.170 contains a very toxic 0:18:21.170,0:18:23.340 solvent new talks ethanol 0:18:24.380,0:18:26.000 it causes internal bleeding 0:18:26.130,0:18:28.310 the cleanup workers were suffering 0:18:28.310,0:18:30.070 from internal bleeding 0:18:30.170,0:18:32.860 hemorrhaging one wing BT choose 0:18:32.860,0:18:34.370 to use this toxic 0:18:34.530,0:18:36.860 dispersant well first of all, they're 0:18:36.910,0:18:38.910 allowed to use it. 0:18:38.910,0:18:41.030 Under our current regulations 0:18:41.030,0:18:43.020 2 million gallons 0:18:43.020,0:18:45.490 of corrective were released. 0:18:45.490,0:18:47.000 We're not just talking down oil 0:18:47.000,0:18:48.420 spill. We're talking about the 0:18:48.550,0:18:50.620 chemical experiment. 0:18:50.620,0:18:52.480 It was highly experimental 0:18:52.840,0:18:54.040 2 years that by you a 0:18:54.400,0:18:57.040 dispersant in this major 0:18:57.530,0:18:58.170 oil spill. 0:18:58.330,0:19:00.060 This is an industry that 0:19:00.120,0:19:02.180 has a track record for running 0:19:02.180,0:19:03.830 roughshod over local 0:19:03.830,0:19:05.070 and state governments and regulators 0:19:05.740,0:19:07.050 And the public. 0:19:07.050,0:19:09.090 Most people just aren't aware 0:19:09.260,0:19:11.850 how massive of 0:19:11.990,0:19:13.620 an enterprise is going 0:19:13.620,0:19:15.790 on on the Louisiana coast 0:19:15.790,0:19:17.590 and a lot of these pipelines were 0:19:17.680,0:19:19.880 meant to be in water and 0:19:19.880,0:19:21.340 salt water is very corrosive 0:19:21.740,0:19:23.050 So there is, there is 0:19:23.050,0:19:24.420 a constant problem with 0:19:24.510,0:19:25.630 with leaking pipelines. 0:19:25.670,0:19:27.650 So without those wetlands. 0:19:27.650,0:19:29.290 You know that that's really what's 0:19:29.290,0:19:31.040 necessary for protecting you 0:19:31.040,0:19:32.850 know our coastal communities from storm 0:19:32.850,0:19:34.090 surge hurricanes. 0:19:34.130,0:19:35.090 You know it's now had this stretch 0:19:35.900,0:19:37.660 of imagination that we could have a mortal 0:19:37.660,0:19:39.270 blow out situation in 0:19:39.270,0:19:40.880 the Gulf, 0:19:40.880,0:19:42.250 combined with the category 5 0:19:42.380,0:19:44.340 hurricane you know washing all 0:19:44.340,0:19:45.870 that oil into the short, that's 0:19:45.870,0:19:46.790 what keeps me up at night. 0:19:47.060,0:19:48.870 BP disaster was 0:19:49.030,0:19:50.770 was predictable poorly regulated 0:19:50.770,0:19:52.010 industry, you know 0:19:52.290,0:19:53.820 maximizing profits cutting 0:19:53.820,0:19:55.130 corners taking risks 0:19:55.610,0:19:57.010 in some senses, it just happened 0:19:57.010,0:19:58.540 to be VP. They're not some 0:19:58.690,0:20:00.020 outlier in the industry 0:20:00.240,0:20:01.930 The lessons that should have been learned 0:20:02.020,0:20:03.590 from the BP disaster have nothing 0:20:04.230,0:20:05.980 Dear risky practices 0:20:05.990,0:20:07.450 it happen any time you're drilling 0:20:07.480,0:20:08.180 in deep water. 0:20:08.470,0:20:10.680 In terms of response preparedness 0:20:11.440,0:20:14.020 were willfully it unprepared 0:20:14.280,0:20:15.070 In fact, we would be 0:20:15.720,0:20:17.020 in a similar situation 0:20:17.990,0:20:19.860 that we were in 2000 0:20:20.190,0:20:22.020 and 10 when it comes to mobilize 0:20:22.200,0:20:24.170 in response process is not 0:20:24.170,0:20:25.970 a matter of if, 0:20:25.970,0:20:27.000 it's a matter of when. 0:20:27.140,0:20:28.940 We would like to see them held 0:20:29.020,0:20:30.540 fully accountable for causing 0:20:30.630,0:20:32.520 the largest man made environmental 0:20:32.520,0:20:33.860 disaster in US history 0:20:34.820,0:20:36.440 The exploration side, 0:20:36.440,0:20:38.030 the industry is moving far 0:20:38.300,0:20:39.070 too fast for the response 0:20:39.770,0:20:41.820 side and it should be the other 0:20:41.860,0:20:43.250 way around. There's also this 0:20:43.250,0:20:45.190 absurd honored system 0:20:45.410,0:20:47.230 by the industry to report 0:20:47.350,0:20:49.080 their own violations the leaks 0:20:49.080,0:20:50.530 and suppose that we're finding on a regular 0:20:50.570,0:20:51.880 basis. I 0:20:51.960,0:20:53.640 played out in vastly 0:20:54.200,0:20:55.080 underreported in terms of size 0:20:56.160,0:20:57.940 and allowed Tanzania reported are. 0:20:58.800,0:21:00.370 The oil and gas industry 0:21:00.370,0:21:02.000 is pressuring the federal government 0:21:02.000,0:21:03.270 to allow the first step 0:21:03.310,0:21:04.990 in offshore drilling in the Atlantic 0:21:05.030,0:21:06.510 as soon as possible 0:21:07.170,0:21:08.070 This first step known as 0:21:08.700,0:21:10.430 seismic air again blasting 0:21:10.790,0:21:12.460 not only leads the way for risky 0:21:12.460,0:21:14.640 drilling but threatens the survival 0:21:14.640,0:21:16.000 of marine species, caught 0:21:16.070,0:21:18.010 in the crossfire of these blasts 0:21:20.360,0:21:22.430 Seismic air guns towed 0:21:22.430,0:21:23.780 by ships and faster 0:21:23.900,0:21:25.650 raise in mid blasts 0:21:25.650,0:21:27.080 of compressed air into the 0:21:27.080,0:21:28.920 ocean mapping the sea floor 0:21:28.990,0:21:30.650 for deeply buried pockets 0:21:30.690,0:21:32.550 of oil and gas. 0:21:32.550,0:21:33.940 The blasts from these air 0:21:33.940,0:21:35.990 guns are almost incomprehensible 0:21:36.210,0:21:37.640 lout 100,000 0:21:38.510,0:21:39.940 times louder than a jet 0:21:40.010,0:21:42.010 plane Amgen and powerful 0:21:42.100,0:21:43.590 enough to penetrate several 0:21:43.590,0:21:45.000 miles deep into the sea 0:21:45.000,0:21:46.920 floor the dynamite 0:21:46.920,0:21:48.380 like blasts are repeated 0:21:48.380,0:21:50.020 every 10 seconds 0:21:50.020,0:21:52.090 24 hours a day 0:21:52.470,0:21:54.310 3 days to weeks 0:21:54.550,0:21:56.370 to even months on end 0:21:57.530,0:21:59.010 seismic blasts threaten 0:21:59.100,0:22:00.570 not only the hearing of marine 0:22:00.570,0:22:02.480 life they threaten their very 0:22:02.480,0:22:03.280 survival. 0:22:05.440,0:22:07.250 More than half a million people 0:22:07.250,0:22:08.670 in coastal communities on the 0:22:08.670,0:22:10.380 east coast of the United States 0:22:10.380,0:22:12.380 depend on a healthy vibrant 0:22:12.450,0:22:15.130 Ocean for their livelihoods seismic 0:22:15.160,0:22:16.520 air again blasting will put the 0:22:16.520,0:22:17.880 stability of the regional 0:22:17.880,0:22:19.510 fisheries and those that 0:22:19.610,0:22:21.220 depend on them in jeopardy 0:22:24.450,0:22:26.080 Our government is currently 0:22:26.080,0:22:27.950 taking steps to open the Atlantic 0:22:27.950,0:22:30.360 to offshore drilling in every 0:22:30.360,0:22:32.010 single ocean where we have derailed 0:22:32.530,0:22:34.040 time and time again 0:22:34.500,0:22:35.410 we have spell. 0:22:39.540,0:22:41.360 It's scary for me here 0:22:41.520,0:22:42.960 that they want put offshore 0:22:43.070,0:22:44.560 oil platforms, off the coast 0:22:44.560,0:22:47.000 of the Atlantic it is pretty irresponsible 0:22:47.210,0:22:48.840 think they're well you know we've learned our 0:22:48.840,0:22:50.070 lessons it'll be fine. 0:22:50.250,0:22:52.550 If anybody would like to 0:22:52.620,0:22:54.070 find out about the 0:22:54.190,0:22:55.920 real cost for drilling 0:22:55.920,0:22:57.540 offshore they should come see us here 0:22:57.560,0:22:58.230 in Louisiana. 0:22:58.490,0:22:59.810 When you don't have a life form 0:22:59.890,0:23:01.370 a wreath at the reef is dead 0:23:01.550,0:23:03.660 The habitats dead I use the 0:23:03.660,0:23:05.120 kits ÂŁ10,000 a week 0:23:06.320,0:23:07.850 We're down ÂŁ3,000 a week 0:23:08.310,0:23:10.490 It's not gonna be pretty light 0:23:10.550,0:23:12.940 is they know it will, will 0:23:12.970,0:23:13.680 be changed. 0:23:13.720,0:23:16.220 Mississippi has seen a 50% 0:23:16.800,0:23:18.630 drop in the number 0:23:18.630,0:23:20.090 of wetlands along our 0:23:20.090,0:23:22.070 coast in a 100 0:23:22.130,0:23:22.810 year period. 0:23:22.860,0:23:24.480 Any time you move in the oil 0:23:24.540,0:23:26.180 and gas will move in America 0:23:26.650,0:23:28.060 You then have problems. 0:23:28.600,0:23:29.570 You don't have spilled. 0:23:31.410,0:23:32.980 At what point are we willing 0:23:32.980,0:23:35.160 to say enough. 0:23:35.160,0:23:36.810 Democracy is not 0:23:36.880,0:23:38.180 a spectator sport. 0:23:39.140,0:23:41.010 It sounds sort of rhetorical 0:23:41.200,0:23:42.680 and cliched but I've lived 0:23:42.680,0:23:44.020 it. I've seen it happen. I've 0:23:44.080,0:23:45.840 seen communities come together build 0:23:45.950,0:23:47.660 coalitions eyeing that we can work 0:23:47.810,0:23:49.910 together and we can break this cycle 0:23:50.050,0:23:51.510 On January 20-7 0:23:51.510,0:23:53.690 20 4-team trade 0:23:53.690,0:23:55.090 Beach North Carolina did 0:23:55.090,0:23:57.050 just that this small 0:23:57.050,0:23:58.450 community came together 0:23:58.450,0:23:59.970 to oppose their mayor's support 0:24:00.000,0:24:01.450 for seismic blasting off their 0:24:01.450,0:24:04.160 coast citizen after 0:24:04.220,0:24:06.080 citizens spoke up and 0:24:06.160,0:24:07.030 shared their vision for the. 0:24:09.850,0:24:11.990 All we now revealed in here 0:24:12.260,0:24:13.990 and say, you know, I have to say 0:24:14.400,0:24:16.040 I hope that you will think 0:24:16.160,0:24:18.030 again at SATs testing times hard 0:24:18.050,0:24:19.050 hats. I want to 0:24:19.530,0:24:22.330 have to sell things just first 0:24:22.370,0:24:25.340 down steeply Patel might the 0:24:25.760,0:24:30.920 them there of players that mean testing 0:24:31.140,0:24:35.230 In in the cost of this the incident 0:24:35.490,0:24:37.840 to to trade seismic testing 0:24:38.260,0:24:40.980 The group also huge residents really 0:24:41.170,0:24:43.420 can't see how and I respect 0:24:43.540,0:24:47.370 that you offered on its side and the, 0:24:47.370,0:24:49.340 but as an elected rappers I believe 0:24:49.450,0:24:51.890 through their representatives and I think 0:24:52.120,0:24:53.840 people need. It was pretty clear. 0:25:00.230,0:25:02.430 Was there they witnessed the 0:25:02.430,0:25:04.210 public outcry. 0:25:04.210,0:25:05.790 The next week they spoke 0:25:05.810,0:25:07.720 for their citizens and unanimously 0:25:07.720,0:25:09.270 voted to oppose seismic 0:25:09.380,0:25:10.000 blasting. 0:25:10.280,0:25:13.280 Resolution Council Eurovision worker 0:25:14.210,0:25:16.410 is it poses who does is our mission 0:25:16.410,0:25:18.970 and the role the oh. 0:25:20.990,0:25:21.740 Really good. 0:25:27.110,0:25:29.460 We're gonna start after and 0:25:30.040,0:25:31.050 the White House makes sense. There 0:25:31.500,0:25:33.090 are many other economically 0:25:33.200,0:25:35.220 productive ways that we can 0:25:35.720,0:25:37.660 work with our coastline so many 0:25:37.750,0:25:39.120 places are heavily dependent on 0:25:39.120,0:25:40.670 tourism, which employs 0:25:40.670,0:25:42.190 more people. So this is about 0:25:42.250,0:25:44.280 dollars and cents. 0:25:44.280,0:25:45.980 You know, people need to be thinking about protecting 0:25:46.300,0:25:47.110 assets that have. 0:25:47.230,0:25:48.090 Our communities, 0:25:48.900,0:25:50.710 our oceans our economies 0:25:51.120,0:25:53.560 Our future is our choice 0:25:54.590,0:25:55.980 Let's not let the wants of the 0:25:55.980,0:25:57.710 few outweigh the needs of the 0:25:57.710,0:26:00.580 many to your elected officials 0:26:01.050,0:26:02.940 stop Atlantic drilling before 0:26:02.940,0:26:06.440 it starts joined ICI 0:26:06.830,0:26:08.590 a and those have already taken 0:26:08.590,0:26:10.480 action and visit W 0:26:10.560,0:26:12.170 W W.spilled 0:26:12.760,0:26:13.140 repeat. 0:26:13.990,0:26:15.610 Politicians that 0:26:15.610,0:26:17.120 represent are keen to make 0:26:17.120,0:26:18.770 sure that whatever is 0:26:19.110,0:26:21.030 going to happen is done 0:26:21.320,0:26:23.030 in a manner so that people 0:26:23.030,0:26:24.620 are protected. 0:26:24.620,0:26:27.510 Because that's what [br]their responsibility is.