Gulf oil spill threatens survival of an isolated village
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 19:21
in Earth & Climate
In Grand Bayou, La., wiped out by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the spill is the latest catastrophe to strike its Atakapa-Ishak people, who have long struggled against oil companies' intrusion. The Atakapa-Ishak people live just above water. There are no roads, no sidewalks, no mailboxes, just a stand of houses sprouting from spits of land in a sea of marsh grass. The only...