1 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:12,110 The Gulf of Mexico is home to a wide variety of marine life. 2 00:00:12,610 --> 00:00:14,950 The Atlantic bluefin tuna spawns in these waters. 3 00:00:14,950 --> 00:00:16,230 Sperm whales inhabit the area year round 4 00:00:18,390 --> 00:00:19,080 and whale sharks frequent 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,290 the northern Gulf often. 6 00:00:22,290 --> 00:00:23,870 Five of the world's sea turtle species 7 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:25,360 are found in the Gulf of Mexico 8 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,590 All of these marine creatures 9 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:29,550 depend on this ocean for survival 10 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:31,580 Yet there is another species 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,210 that depends on something else 12 00:00:34,060 --> 00:00:56,960 something very deep beneath the sea. 13 00:01:28,850 --> 00:01:32,378 Drill Spill Repeat 14 00:01:41,572 --> 00:01:42,760 Four years ago, 15 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,280 The Gulf of Mexico was immeasurably changed. 16 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,610 Fans of oil sheen still 17 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:50,520 drift along the sea and coastline 18 00:01:52,030 --> 00:01:53,770 We've been continually altering the seascape 19 00:01:54,430 --> 00:01:55,950 in the gulf for many years 20 00:01:57,460 --> 00:01:59,510 Today, the Gulf of Mexico 21 00:01:59,510 --> 00:02:02,710 is a virtual city of oil and gas platforms. 22 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:04,780 They stretch farther than the eye 23 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:07,070 can see eclipsing the horizon 24 00:02:08,490 --> 00:02:10,430 Whether the Gulf will ever recover 25 00:02:10,810 --> 00:02:12,320 still remains a mystery 26 00:02:13,070 --> 00:02:14,780 How we got here is not 27 00:02:25,190 --> 00:02:26,850 The flash of power 28 00:02:26,930 --> 00:02:29,250 The gleam of oil 29 00:02:29,290 --> 00:02:30,430 well you know what makes makes your auto run 30 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,390 For millions of years 31 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,350 this source of powers slept 32 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,190 peacefully in the dark recesses of the earth. 33 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:39,680 Until modern magic 34 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,730 Loosed the liquid energy 35 00:02:41,730 --> 00:02:42,730 from its subterranean prison 36 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:45,580 gray areas became 37 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,330 Second only to taxes 38 00:02:48,670 --> 00:02:50,270 oil is the greatest revenue 39 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:51,440 in the US Treasury. 40 00:02:53,550 --> 00:02:55,170 In 1896 41 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,340 the first offshore drilling rigs were 42 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:58,770 established on the continental shelf 43 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:01,670 near the coast of Santa Barbara, California 44 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,460 In 1969, Santa Barbara experienced 45 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:06,720 the worst environmental 46 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,010 disaster of the time 47 00:03:09,130 --> 00:03:10,680 over 2.5 million 48 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,750 gallons of crude oil gushed 49 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,390 into the ocean after a blowout 50 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:17,340 at an offshore drilling rig. 51 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:20,050 Over 100 miles of pristine California 52 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:24,120 beach were littered with oily dead birds and marine animals 53 00:03:25,210 --> 00:03:26,850 After Santa Barbara 54 00:03:26,850 --> 00:03:28,280 the nation was divided into 55 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,370 pro offshore drilling and anti offshare drilling 56 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:36,440 the debate became so contentious it even became a campaign topic 57 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:38,170 in the 1988 presidential election. 58 00:03:39,740 --> 00:03:41,220 Little did we know what was 59 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:44,900 waiting for us just around the corner in March of 1989 60 00:03:45,090 --> 00:03:47,490 The worst oil spill in this nation's history 61 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:49,660 It took place on Friday, 62 00:03:49,660 --> 00:03:52,820 when a super tanker owned by the Exxon Corporation 63 00:03:52,820 --> 00:03:54,130 hit a reef 25 miles off the port of Valdez 64 00:03:55,260 --> 00:03:57,820 By today 10 million gallons of oil 65 00:03:57,820 --> 00:04:00,080 covered a hundred square miles of ocean. 66 00:04:09,870 --> 00:04:10,770 We all know 67 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:13,130 that human activities are changing... 68 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,840 In the wake of the Exxon President 69 00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:17,040 HW Bush reacted 70 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:18,720 to the public outcry and 71 00:04:18,850 --> 00:04:21,010 banned offshore drilling. 72 00:04:21,130 --> 00:04:23,020 That ban was continued by his successor 73 00:04:23,340 --> 00:04:25,320 and lasted for over 15 years. 74 00:04:26,060 --> 00:04:27,890 It wasn't until 2007 75 00:04:28,260 --> 00:04:31,180 in President George W Bush's second term 76 00:04:31,380 --> 00:04:35,130 that he lifted his father's 17-year ban on offshore drilling 77 00:04:35,970 --> 00:04:38,860 We need to take action now to expand domestic oil production. 78 00:04:38,860 --> 00:04:41,780 So today I have issued a memorandum 79 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:43,350 to lift the excutive prohibition 80 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:45,410 on oil exploration in OCS 81 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,870 with this action, the excutive branch's restrictions 82 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:49,970 on this exploration have been cleared away. 83 00:04:49,970 --> 00:04:53,870 Oil means horsepower in a horsepower using world 84 00:04:54,860 --> 00:04:57,630 More power to you. 85 00:05:07,550 --> 00:05:10,170 I'm Bonnie Shoemaker, I'm a PhD physicist 86 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:13,010 from the California Institute of Technology 87 00:05:13,010 --> 00:05:16,610 I brought my little plane out here in April 2010 88 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,830 to see what I could do to help. 89 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:21,000 The scientists that I would take out, 90 00:05:21,010 --> 00:05:22,270 they were actually changed 91 00:05:22,510 --> 00:05:23,720 once I took them out there in the plane 92 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,620 and they saw with their own eyes 93 00:05:26,180 --> 00:05:28,190 They were flying over miles 94 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:30,950 and miles and miles of non-stop oil. 95 00:05:30,950 --> 00:05:33,900 That's when they realized that this is really bad. 96 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,750 We probably have singlehandedly done 97 00:05:35,750 --> 00:05:37,630 the most to force accountability on these guys. 98 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:40,210 Because I come back from every flight 99 00:05:40,210 --> 00:05:43,180 and I report I've put in 20 NRC reports 100 00:05:43,180 --> 00:05:45,240 The coast guard has to answer. 101 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,620 the gas company has to answer. 102 00:05:47,620 --> 00:05:51,610 So it's like, oh god she flew again Here we go 103 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,860 It was not pretty, what I was showing 104 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,080 even around the BP site. 105 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:58,560 The Deepwater Horizon 106 00:05:58,610 --> 00:06:01,770 there was extensive sheen contingent leakage into 2012 107 00:06:02,460 --> 00:06:03,950 and I'm not sure that anyone else 108 00:06:03,950 --> 00:06:04,910 was monitoring that. 109 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,620 That cost them a lot of money, 110 00:06:06,620 --> 00:06:08,080 to go out there and fix that. 111 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,330 if nobody bothered to notice it the wouldn't have had to do anything. 112 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:13,310 So I was not popular 113 00:06:13,310 --> 00:06:15,600 And what's wrong with letting people know the truth. 114 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:24,050 The people of BP made a commitment to the gulf 115 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:26,580 and every day since we've worked hard to keep it. 116 00:06:26,580 --> 00:06:29,200 BP has paid over $23 billion 117 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,020 to help people and businesses who are affected 118 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,490 we're paying for all spill related clean up costs. 119 00:06:34,490 --> 00:06:36,060 Today the beaches in the gulf 120 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,780 are open for everyone to enjoy 121 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:39,620 We're making sure people know that the 122 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:40,950 Gulf is open for business 123 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,280 The beaches are beautiful the seafood is delicious 124 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:48,160 last year many areas even reported record tourism seasons 125 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,850 I was born here, I'm still here and so is BP. 126 00:06:51,850 --> 00:06:53,530 We were committed to the Gulf 127 00:06:54,050 --> 00:06:56,950 for everyone who loves it and everyone who calls it home. 128 00:06:59,020 --> 00:07:01,060 I thought leave things commercial fishermen 129 00:07:01,150 --> 00:07:03,220 in Southeast Louisiana is not 130 00:07:03,220 --> 00:07:05,060 as good as those BP commercials 131 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,790 would have you believe. 132 00:07:06,790 --> 00:07:08,410 My shrimp production is down 133 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:10,410 still down between 40% to 60% 134 00:07:10,750 --> 00:07:14,450 in my area and I've been making a living in Lake bohren myself for 29 years. 135 00:07:14,450 --> 00:07:16,960 working on a boat, I can't do it anymore 136 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,000 My oyster production is down at least 93% 137 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,640 In the last 4 years I might have sold about 1500 sacks 138 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:25,320 in 4 years. 139 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,050 I used to sell that a week 140 00:07:27,050 --> 00:07:28,970 And 240 million of BP commercials 141 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,750 as a lot of people believe that we're OK. We're not. 142 00:07:32,750 --> 00:07:34,970 People are losing it 143 00:07:34,970 --> 00:07:37,680 because they can't do what they want to do for a living. 144 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,050 So you you get a choice, let's go do something else. 145 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:42,540 Give you an option, we'l retrain you 146 00:07:43,090 --> 00:07:45,550 I say watcha goin retrain me to be a brain surgeon? 147 00:07:45,550 --> 00:07:48,303 or a cable installer, either one of them sucks 148 00:07:49,096 --> 00:07:51,110 I don't have the education to be a brain surgeon 149 00:07:51,110 --> 00:07:52,840 And I'm not going to install cable 150 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,490 If you you take me and put me in the carpenter field 151 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:58,780 or in welding, I'm putting somebody else out of a job. 152 00:07:59,010 --> 00:08:01,260 So here comes the domino effect we were telling you about. 153 00:08:01,540 --> 00:08:04,190 Oyster production is like the canary in a mine 154 00:08:04,190 --> 00:08:06,510 Again the canary dies, you in trouble, get outta there 155 00:08:06,510 --> 00:08:09,820 Until we get our oyster population back which filters the water 156 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,260 We're not gonna have a good environment. 157 00:08:12,260 --> 00:08:14,320 Commercial fishermen 158 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:16,760 You have highs and lows of economics 159 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,220 highs and lows of weather hurricanes 160 00:08:18,340 --> 00:08:20,010 you know, but this man-made 161 00:08:20,010 --> 00:08:22,030 disaster is just lingering, we are still in trouble 162 00:08:22,490 --> 00:08:24,120 The spill has brought 163 00:08:24,190 --> 00:08:26,870 light to a lot 164 00:08:26,870 --> 00:08:29,030 of the issues in the gulf 165 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:31,060 all of the ancillary businesses 166 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,130 family fisheries, docks, the marinas 167 00:08:36,130 --> 00:08:39,230 The ice houses, the transportation companies 168 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:43,520 People who provide snacks and groceries to stores. 169 00:08:43,820 --> 00:08:44,990 All of that 170 00:08:44,990 --> 00:08:46,740 is a direct reflection 171 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:48,020 of what can happen 172 00:08:48,790 --> 00:08:50,180 when things cease 173 00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:51,980 But after oil spill. 174 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:55,260 You know they shut recreational fishing 175 00:08:56,130 --> 00:08:59,740 they shut commercial fishing 176 00:08:59,810 --> 00:09:01,530 and that just killed everybody 177 00:09:01,570 --> 00:09:04,250 in this part of the world. 178 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:06,350 It's affected everything 179 00:09:06,370 --> 00:09:08,080 it's affecting every business around 180 00:09:08,380 --> 00:09:10,650 That's how we count out the seasons 181 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:14,420 It's oyster season and it's crab season 182 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:16,450 It's crawfish season. You know 183 00:09:16,450 --> 00:09:18,730 and even that we're having 184 00:09:19,220 --> 00:09:20,740 some issues with we've taken it 185 00:09:20,770 --> 00:09:22,060 for granted for so 186 00:09:22,060 --> 00:09:24,610 long that it's it's 187 00:09:24,610 --> 00:09:25,950 a little disconcerting 188 00:09:26,540 --> 00:09:28,960 And it feels different. 189 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,030 How you approach things. 190 00:09:30,210 --> 00:09:34,110 It's affecting my my life and my culture. 191 00:09:35,810 --> 00:09:38,630 This is not a normal situation. 192 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,650 To see what it was like 193 00:09:41,270 --> 00:09:43,740 and to see what it is like today. 194 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,420 My name's Al Sonceri co-owner and president 195 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,160 of T and J Oyster Company 196 00:09:50,170 --> 00:09:53,940 Been in business here for 138 years 197 00:09:53,940 --> 00:09:55,060 and with my brother 198 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:56,780 We've owned the business 199 00:09:56,780 --> 00:09:58,890 since the mid 1980s 200 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:02,620 The shucking house has been in operation 201 00:10:02,620 --> 00:10:04,190 since 1921 202 00:10:04,590 --> 00:10:06,330 you'll see today that 203 00:10:06,330 --> 00:10:07,590 there is no one in here, 204 00:10:07,590 --> 00:10:09,560 we'd have 4 people here 205 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,170 6 on that side 206 00:10:11,170 --> 00:10:12,490 and 7 over here 207 00:10:12,830 --> 00:10:16,410 we shuck $120 to 140 sacks of oysters a day 208 00:10:16,630 --> 00:10:18,010 Now it you know 209 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,630 if we do a 3rd of that that's plenty. 210 00:10:19,770 --> 00:10:24,010 We're having to get what we can 211 00:10:24,010 --> 00:10:27,450 that is of higher quality and its limited 212 00:10:27,450 --> 00:10:30,890 We're not going to just sell anything 213 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,660 We're not gonna do it under our brand 214 00:10:32,660 --> 00:10:35,540 we've been doing this 138 years 215 00:10:35,540 --> 00:10:38,940 to do something that's inferior 216 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,320 wouldn't be the right thing to do 217 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,480 for our families business. 218 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:46,770 Well I used to get very emotional talking about this 219 00:10:47,450 --> 00:10:50,780 but have began to be able to compartmentalize the whole thing 220 00:10:50,910 --> 00:10:54,550 and not think about it as the people 221 00:10:54,550 --> 00:10:56,080 that worked out here 222 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,620 and processed our oysters, we all grew up with. 223 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:04,880 This cooler used to always be filled up with product 224 00:11:05,220 --> 00:11:07,790 I got a few shells 225 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:11,080 that we shucked over the last 10 days 226 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:13,370 Louisiana used to produce 227 00:11:13,370 --> 00:11:15,530 40% of 228 00:11:15,610 --> 00:11:17,050 all the market our 229 00:11:17,650 --> 00:11:19,580 oysters from their public 230 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,720 oyster grounds public grounds 231 00:11:21,770 --> 00:11:23,030 used to produce almost 232 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:24,570 100% of all seen 233 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:28,060 and since the oil disaster 234 00:11:28,190 --> 00:11:31,080 those areas had been non productive 235 00:11:31,170 --> 00:11:32,520 more and more processors 236 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:34,560 like ourselves have gone 237 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,460 out of business and 238 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:38,430 as time goes on 239 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,110 there's gonna be less of us doing 240 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:42,180 this because we can't hold out 241 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,010 We haven't received anything 242 00:11:44,010 --> 00:11:45,410 from BP, we've 243 00:11:45,470 --> 00:11:46,830 been able and go through 244 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:49,020 all those years operation 245 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,310 our families have gone 5 generations 246 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:54,970 through all those different ups and downs 247 00:11:55,090 --> 00:11:58,730 the wars as the natural disasters 248 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,970 and this man-madedisaster about the 249 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:03,880 biggest hurdle we've ever had to overcome. 250 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,830 11 men died that day 251 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,240 Don't forget it 252 00:12:13,210 --> 00:12:14,860 Every one of those men they 253 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:19,380 had families they had wives and parents and children. 254 00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:23,440 And all those families have 255 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,720 been deprived of their loved ones. 256 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:28,890 Everybody thinks about the long-term 257 00:12:29,430 --> 00:12:31,730 pollution in the Gulf 258 00:12:31,730 --> 00:12:33,520 and it's out there. 259 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,050 But don't forget, we're talking about human lives here. 260 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,480 The industry over and 261 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,850 over and has proven itself 262 00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:52,630 to be exceedingly 263 00:12:52,630 --> 00:12:55,150 irresponsible irresponsibility 264 00:12:55,420 --> 00:12:57,320 includes covering 265 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,960 up how much they pollute 266 00:13:00,390 --> 00:13:01,910 BP did not want 267 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,020 any outside help, and expert 268 00:13:05,170 --> 00:13:07,020 outside help from around 269 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:09,680 the world was offered 270 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:13,230 And rejected 271 00:13:13,230 --> 00:13:14,970 And the reason they turned them down 272 00:13:15,630 --> 00:13:16,990 it's because they didn't want 273 00:13:16,990 --> 00:13:18,610 anybody to know 274 00:13:18,980 --> 00:13:20,360 exactly how much 275 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,770 oil was being released 276 00:13:22,820 --> 00:13:25,150 from that explosion. 277 00:13:25,150 --> 00:13:26,460 The reason they didn't want 278 00:13:26,570 --> 00:13:28,000 anybody to know how much 279 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,970 they were polluting is because 280 00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:32,040 the fine and is based 281 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,910 on the amount of pollution 282 00:13:34,270 --> 00:13:35,440 I apologize. 283 00:13:36,910 --> 00:13:38,720 I do not want to live in the country 284 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,610 where any time a citizen 285 00:13:41,710 --> 00:13:43,530 or a corporation does 286 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:46,460 something that is legitimately wrong. 287 00:13:46,620 --> 00:13:48,350 It is subject to some 288 00:13:48,350 --> 00:13:50,850 sort of political pressure 289 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,720 That is again in my words 290 00:13:53,470 --> 00:13:55,760 Amounts to a shakedown. 291 00:13:58,210 --> 00:13:59,780 Local communities and those 292 00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:01,230 who joined a response team 293 00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:03,720 to help with the cleanup have not recovered. 294 00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:06,790 Their communities have not recovered 295 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,350 Life as they know it has changed indefinitely. 296 00:14:12,290 --> 00:14:14,310 They may never get their lives back 297 00:14:14,940 --> 00:14:17,220 They were letting people swim in the water 298 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,190 Right in front of me dispersants, they were spraying. 299 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:23,470 and all the animals are trying to get out of the water. 300 00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:26,010 These animals were alive 301 00:14:26,910 --> 00:14:29,480 These suckers were crawling out of the water. 302 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:34,040 Crabs, mullet, flounder, shrimp 303 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,620 2010 in May 304 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,150 I went to work with BP 305 00:14:43,770 --> 00:14:45,310 and the tragic started in my lift 306 00:14:46,570 --> 00:14:49,120 In the the 3rd week of program I fell out 307 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:51,990 BAm I had to go get rushed to the emergency room. 308 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,880 I'm puking, throwing up shittin on myself, bleeding out my ass 309 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,720 So he said son, you've been chemically poisoned. 310 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,000 Why don't you have respirators 311 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,380 and suits and tape around your boots and gloves. 312 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:07,190 and get our contacts 313 00:15:07,190 --> 00:15:09,590 in stuff I said they never never 314 00:15:09,590 --> 00:15:10,090 give us any, 315 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:12,560 he said. Yeah, I shouldn't be on this war 316 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:14,820 So I would back Tomas supervised 317 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:16,960 the pool blood out of me. 318 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,970 Me and my wife a why secondhand 319 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,450 splurge Sarwan back supervisor 320 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:26,760 What does doctor told me he 321 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,080 told me if I said anything else 322 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:28,890 I'd be terminated. 323 00:15:29,270 --> 00:15:31,480 In 2000. 11 are supposed 324 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,880 to well by the fall of 2000 325 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,690 the not so sick and it was 326 00:15:35,690 --> 00:15:37,070 a justice. It was all us 327 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:39,940 coming across those duties nets 328 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,490 and it's in that dispersants 329 00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:42,990 fixed everything touches. 330 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,850 It sticks to the so on 331 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:47,790 its sticks hands I see 332 00:15:48,050 --> 00:15:49,730 stick to my shoes walking house 333 00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:52,510 and sticking to floor it me inside 334 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,420 And expose my family. 335 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,330 80 90% business was repairs 336 00:15:57,420 --> 00:15:59,560 because mission in Congo trolls 337 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,640 are down turn around over a hole one 338 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:04,330 they will smile Texas incident drought 339 00:16:04,390 --> 00:16:06,110 down because I no longer handle 340 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,450 he used commercial gear coming 341 00:16:09,450 --> 00:16:12,280 out got from Mexico that's new 342 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,510 a of news used yet found 343 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:17,620 will touch you know as I don't touch 344 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,040 me, I know it's talks 345 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:21,210 There's 2 kinds of people, 346 00:16:21,210 --> 00:16:23,480 the ones that get sick and no 347 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,360 one's gonna get so many 348 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:27,820 different things wrong with 349 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,190 me now. And never 350 00:16:29,190 --> 00:16:30,880 had problems with I've 351 00:16:30,930 --> 00:16:33,240 lost faith in an analysis 352 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,310 system, I think 353 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:36,370 our government is. 354 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,890 Prostitute in itself. 355 00:16:39,890 --> 00:16:41,480 The people who sell should then 356 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:41,760 for. 357 00:16:43,190 --> 00:16:44,440 People like myself. 358 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,390 Older people. 359 00:16:46,390 --> 00:16:48,090 We should have been given some 360 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:50,730 kind of morning they made 361 00:16:50,780 --> 00:16:52,830 victims of victims 362 00:16:53,630 --> 00:16:55,120 I was recovering from a train 363 00:16:56,060 --> 00:16:57,340 and arm that can recover. 364 00:17:05,609 --> 00:17:07,770 There's a human health crisis 365 00:17:08,130 --> 00:17:10,130 raging in the Gulf. 366 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,690 They don't think a lot of people know 367 00:17:11,690 --> 00:17:14,319 they but its traders Gazans 368 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:16,089 in people who are in very, very sick 369 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:19,339 is something called Gulf Coast into Rome 370 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:21,430 that people have in their 371 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,770 so many symptoms 372 00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:26,970 are included in their millions neurological 373 00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:29,330 symptoms rumors memory 374 00:17:29,450 --> 00:17:34,880 loss policy our part an 375 00:17:35,410 --> 00:17:38,270 kidney damage here's skin 376 00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:40,230 damage and skin rashes 377 00:17:40,750 --> 00:17:40,930 years. 378 00:17:40,970 --> 00:17:43,980 Cancer starting to emerge 379 00:17:45,790 --> 00:17:47,080 causes oil to enter the body 380 00:17:48,590 --> 00:17:50,520 more readily correction is 381 00:17:50,550 --> 00:17:52,280 the the solvent opens 382 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,010 up the cell walls 383 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,030 it goes through it. That's 384 00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:57,680 why it breaks up the rail once 385 00:17:57,730 --> 00:17:59,420 it in the body Oriel targets 386 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:01,310 every organ system the liver 387 00:18:01,340 --> 00:18:04,920 the kidney the heart to the brain 388 00:18:05,590 --> 00:18:07,370 everything the mixture of correction 389 00:18:07,470 --> 00:18:09,260 in oil is highly 390 00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:10,730 toxic, we know this 391 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,060 There have been studies, then 392 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,210 from previous oil spills 393 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,210 particularly the Exxon Valdez 394 00:18:16,570 --> 00:18:19,590 oil spill corrects it 95-27 395 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,170 contains a very toxic 396 00:18:21,170 --> 00:18:23,340 solvent new talks ethanol 397 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:26,000 it causes internal bleeding 398 00:18:26,130 --> 00:18:28,310 the cleanup workers were suffering 399 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:30,070 from internal bleeding 400 00:18:30,170 --> 00:18:32,860 hemorrhaging one wing BT choose 401 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:34,370 to use this toxic 402 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,860 dispersant well first of all, they're 403 00:18:36,910 --> 00:18:38,910 allowed to use it. 404 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:41,030 Under our current regulations 405 00:18:41,030 --> 00:18:43,020 2 million gallons 406 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:45,490 of corrective were released. 407 00:18:45,490 --> 00:18:47,000 We're not just talking down oil 408 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,420 spill. We're talking about the 409 00:18:48,550 --> 00:18:50,620 chemical experiment. 410 00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:52,480 It was highly experimental 411 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,040 2 years that by you a 412 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,040 dispersant in this major 413 00:18:57,530 --> 00:18:58,170 oil spill. 414 00:18:58,330 --> 00:19:00,060 This is an industry that 415 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:02,180 has a track record for running 416 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:03,830 roughshod over local 417 00:19:03,830 --> 00:19:05,070 and state governments and regulators 418 00:19:05,740 --> 00:19:07,050 And the public. 419 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:09,090 Most people just aren't aware 420 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:11,850 how massive of 421 00:19:11,990 --> 00:19:13,620 an enterprise is going 422 00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:15,790 on on the Louisiana coast 423 00:19:15,790 --> 00:19:17,590 and a lot of these pipelines were 424 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,880 meant to be in water and 425 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,340 salt water is very corrosive 426 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:23,050 So there is, there is 427 00:19:23,050 --> 00:19:24,420 a constant problem with 428 00:19:24,510 --> 00:19:25,630 with leaking pipelines. 429 00:19:25,670 --> 00:19:27,650 So without those wetlands. 430 00:19:27,650 --> 00:19:29,290 You know that that's really what's 431 00:19:29,290 --> 00:19:31,040 necessary for protecting you 432 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,850 know our coastal communities from storm 433 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:34,090 surge hurricanes. 434 00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:35,090 You know it's now had this stretch 435 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:37,660 of imagination that we could have a mortal 436 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:39,270 blow out situation in 437 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:40,880 the Gulf, 438 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,250 combined with the category 5 439 00:19:42,380 --> 00:19:44,340 hurricane you know washing all 440 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:45,870 that oil into the short, that's 441 00:19:45,870 --> 00:19:46,790 what keeps me up at night. 442 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:48,870 BP disaster was 443 00:19:49,030 --> 00:19:50,770 was predictable poorly regulated 444 00:19:50,770 --> 00:19:52,010 industry, you know 445 00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:53,820 maximizing profits cutting 446 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:55,130 corners taking risks 447 00:19:55,610 --> 00:19:57,010 in some senses, it just happened 448 00:19:57,010 --> 00:19:58,540 to be VP. They're not some 449 00:19:58,690 --> 00:20:00,020 outlier in the industry 450 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,930 The lessons that should have been learned 451 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:03,590 from the BP disaster have nothing 452 00:20:04,230 --> 00:20:05,980 Dear risky practices 453 00:20:05,990 --> 00:20:07,450 it happen any time you're drilling 454 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,180 in deep water. 455 00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:10,680 In terms of response preparedness 456 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,020 were willfully it unprepared 457 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:15,070 In fact, we would be 458 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,020 in a similar situation 459 00:20:17,990 --> 00:20:19,860 that we were in 2000 460 00:20:20,190 --> 00:20:22,020 and 10 when it comes to mobilize 461 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,170 in response process is not 462 00:20:24,170 --> 00:20:25,970 a matter of if, 463 00:20:25,970 --> 00:20:27,000 it's a matter of when. 464 00:20:27,140 --> 00:20:28,940 We would like to see them held 465 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,540 fully accountable for causing 466 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:32,520 the largest man made environmental 467 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:33,860 disaster in US history 468 00:20:34,820 --> 00:20:36,440 The exploration side, 469 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,030 the industry is moving far 470 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:39,070 too fast for the response 471 00:20:39,770 --> 00:20:41,820 side and it should be the other 472 00:20:41,860 --> 00:20:43,250 way around. There's also this 473 00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,190 absurd honored system 474 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,230 by the industry to report 475 00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:49,080 their own violations the leaks 476 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,530 and suppose that we're finding on a regular 477 00:20:50,570 --> 00:20:51,880 basis. I 478 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,640 played out in vastly 479 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,080 underreported in terms of size 480 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,940 and allowed Tanzania reported are. 481 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,370 The oil and gas industry 482 00:21:00,370 --> 00:21:02,000 is pressuring the federal government 483 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,270 to allow the first step 484 00:21:03,310 --> 00:21:04,990 in offshore drilling in the Atlantic 485 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:06,510 as soon as possible 486 00:21:07,170 --> 00:21:08,070 This first step known as 487 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,430 seismic air again blasting 488 00:21:10,790 --> 00:21:12,460 not only leads the way for risky 489 00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:14,640 drilling but threatens the survival 490 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,000 of marine species, caught 491 00:21:16,070 --> 00:21:18,010 in the crossfire of these blasts 492 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,430 Seismic air guns towed 493 00:21:22,430 --> 00:21:23,780 by ships and faster 494 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:25,650 raise in mid blasts 495 00:21:25,650 --> 00:21:27,080 of compressed air into the 496 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,920 ocean mapping the sea floor 497 00:21:28,990 --> 00:21:30,650 for deeply buried pockets 498 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,550 of oil and gas. 499 00:21:32,550 --> 00:21:33,940 The blasts from these air 500 00:21:33,940 --> 00:21:35,990 guns are almost incomprehensible 501 00:21:36,210 --> 00:21:37,640 lout 100,000 502 00:21:38,510 --> 00:21:39,940 times louder than a jet 503 00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:42,010 plane Amgen and powerful 504 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:43,590 enough to penetrate several 505 00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:45,000 miles deep into the sea 506 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,920 floor the dynamite 507 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,380 like blasts are repeated 508 00:21:48,380 --> 00:21:50,020 every 10 seconds 509 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:52,090 24 hours a day 510 00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:54,310 3 days to weeks 511 00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:56,370 to even months on end 512 00:21:57,530 --> 00:21:59,010 seismic blasts threaten 513 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:00,570 not only the hearing of marine 514 00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:02,480 life they threaten their very 515 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:03,280 survival. 516 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,250 More than half a million people 517 00:22:07,250 --> 00:22:08,670 in coastal communities on the 518 00:22:08,670 --> 00:22:10,380 east coast of the United States 519 00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:12,380 depend on a healthy vibrant 520 00:22:12,450 --> 00:22:15,130 Ocean for their livelihoods seismic 521 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,520 air again blasting will put the 522 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:17,880 stability of the regional 523 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,510 fisheries and those that 524 00:22:19,610 --> 00:22:21,220 depend on them in jeopardy 525 00:22:24,450 --> 00:22:26,080 Our government is currently 526 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,950 taking steps to open the Atlantic 527 00:22:27,950 --> 00:22:30,360 to offshore drilling in every 528 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,010 single ocean where we have derailed 529 00:22:32,530 --> 00:22:34,040 time and time again 530 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,410 we have spell. 531 00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:41,360 It's scary for me here 532 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:42,960 that they want put offshore 533 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:44,560 oil platforms, off the coast 534 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,000 of the Atlantic it is pretty irresponsible 535 00:22:47,210 --> 00:22:48,840 think they're well you know we've learned our 536 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,070 lessons it'll be fine. 537 00:22:50,250 --> 00:22:52,550 If anybody would like to 538 00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:54,070 find out about the 539 00:22:54,190 --> 00:22:55,920 real cost for drilling 540 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,540 offshore they should come see us here 541 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,230 in Louisiana. 542 00:22:58,490 --> 00:22:59,810 When you don't have a life form 543 00:22:59,890 --> 00:23:01,370 a wreath at the reef is dead 544 00:23:01,550 --> 00:23:03,660 The habitats dead I use the 545 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:05,120 kits ÂŁ10,000 a week 546 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,850 We're down ÂŁ3,000 a week 547 00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:10,490 It's not gonna be pretty light 548 00:23:10,550 --> 00:23:12,940 is they know it will, will 549 00:23:12,970 --> 00:23:13,680 be changed. 550 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,220 Mississippi has seen a 50% 551 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,630 drop in the number 552 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:20,090 of wetlands along our 553 00:23:20,090 --> 00:23:22,070 coast in a 100 554 00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:22,810 year period. 555 00:23:22,860 --> 00:23:24,480 Any time you move in the oil 556 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:26,180 and gas will move in America 557 00:23:26,650 --> 00:23:28,060 You then have problems. 558 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,570 You don't have spilled. 559 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,980 At what point are we willing 560 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:35,160 to say enough. 561 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,810 Democracy is not 562 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,180 a spectator sport. 563 00:23:39,140 --> 00:23:41,010 It sounds sort of rhetorical 564 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,680 and cliched but I've lived 565 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,020 it. I've seen it happen. I've 566 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,840 seen communities come together build 567 00:23:45,950 --> 00:23:47,660 coalitions eyeing that we can work 568 00:23:47,810 --> 00:23:49,910 together and we can break this cycle 569 00:23:50,050 --> 00:23:51,510 On January 20-7 570 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:53,690 20 4-team trade 571 00:23:53,690 --> 00:23:55,090 Beach North Carolina did 572 00:23:55,090 --> 00:23:57,050 just that this small 573 00:23:57,050 --> 00:23:58,450 community came together 574 00:23:58,450 --> 00:23:59,970 to oppose their mayor's support 575 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,450 for seismic blasting off their 576 00:24:01,450 --> 00:24:04,160 coast citizen after 577 00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:06,080 citizens spoke up and 578 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,030 shared their vision for the. 579 00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:11,990 All we now revealed in here 580 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:13,990 and say, you know, I have to say 581 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,040 I hope that you will think 582 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,030 again at SATs testing times hard 583 00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:19,050 hats. I want to 584 00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:22,330 have to sell things just first 585 00:24:22,370 --> 00:24:25,340 down steeply Patel might the 586 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,920 them there of players that mean testing 587 00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:35,230 In in the cost of this the incident 588 00:24:35,490 --> 00:24:37,840 to to trade seismic testing 589 00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:40,980 The group also huge residents really 590 00:24:41,170 --> 00:24:43,420 can't see how and I respect 591 00:24:43,540 --> 00:24:47,370 that you offered on its side and the, 592 00:24:47,370 --> 00:24:49,340 but as an elected rappers I believe 593 00:24:49,450 --> 00:24:51,890 through their representatives and I think 594 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:53,840 people need. It was pretty clear. 595 00:25:00,230 --> 00:25:02,430 Was there they witnessed the 596 00:25:02,430 --> 00:25:04,210 public outcry. 597 00:25:04,210 --> 00:25:05,790 The next week they spoke 598 00:25:05,810 --> 00:25:07,720 for their citizens and unanimously 599 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,270 voted to oppose seismic 600 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:10,000 blasting. 601 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,280 Resolution Council Eurovision worker 602 00:25:14,210 --> 00:25:16,410 is it poses who does is our mission 603 00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:18,970 and the role the oh. 604 00:25:20,990 --> 00:25:21,740 Really good. 605 00:25:27,110 --> 00:25:29,460 We're gonna start after and 606 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,050 the White House makes sense. There 607 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,090 are many other economically 608 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,220 productive ways that we can 609 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,660 work with our coastline so many 610 00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:39,120 places are heavily dependent on 611 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:40,670 tourism, which employs 612 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:42,190 more people. So this is about 613 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:44,280 dollars and cents. 614 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,980 You know, people need to be thinking about protecting 615 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:47,110 assets that have. 616 00:25:47,230 --> 00:25:48,090 Our communities, 617 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,710 our oceans our economies 618 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:53,560 Our future is our choice 619 00:25:54,590 --> 00:25:55,980 Let's not let the wants of the 620 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:57,710 few outweigh the needs of the 621 00:25:57,710 --> 00:26:00,580 many to your elected officials 622 00:26:01,050 --> 00:26:02,940 stop Atlantic drilling before 623 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:06,440 it starts joined ICI 624 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:08,590 a and those have already taken 625 00:26:08,590 --> 00:26:10,480 action and visit W 626 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,170 W W.spilled 627 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,140 repeat. 628 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:15,610 Politicians that 629 00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:17,120 represent are keen to make 630 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:18,770 sure that whatever is 631 00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:21,030 going to happen is done 632 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,030 in a manner so that people 633 00:26:23,030 --> 00:26:24,620 are protected. 634 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:27,510 Because that's what their responsibility is.