PHOTOS: BP oil pollutes Louisiana marshes after Hurricane Isaac

In addition to the lasting impacts of the BP oil disaster, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that Hurricane Isaactriggered at least 93 pollution incidents, revealing the oil, coal, and chemical industries’ lack of preparedness and the consequences of allowing these industries to police themselves. Wedocumented one of these major incidents at the Kinder Morgan coal export terminal, which is pumping coal blackened water out of the facility into the surrounding environment.

Some of the oil we found in the Louisiana marshes is weathered tar balls, but much of it is viscous oil that is more toxic and difficult or impossible to remove. Despite BP’s advertising campaigns, there is a huge quantity of oil left in the marine environment from the disaster, asGarrett Graves, who oversees the ongoing BP cleanup for the state of Louisianatold CBS News, “BP has up to 1 million barrels of unaccounted oil in the Gulf of Mexico, and I think it will continue to manifest like this hurricane after hurricane for 10 to 20 years unless BP goes out and does a proactive cleanup effort.”