30 Shocking Quotes About The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill That Reveal The Soul-Crushing Horror This Disaster Is Causing It is incredibly hard to put into words the absolute horror that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico right now. The millions of gallons of oil that have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico and BP's efforts to fight the massive leak are turning the Gulf into a lifeless toxic stew of oil and chemicals. The damage caused to wildlife in the Gulf by this spill will be incalculable. Entire species are at risk of being wiped out. Scientists are telling us that the primary dispersant being used by BP ruptures red blood cells and causes fish to bleed. This is by far the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history, and there is no end in sight. It is a worse environmental and economic disaster than all of the hurricanes of the past ten years combined. The great wetlands and beaches along the Gulf of Mexico will never be the same in our lifetimes. The seafood and tourism industries in the Gulf are being completely destroyed. The thousands of jobs and businesses being wiped out by this disaster could potentially throw the entire Gulf coast region into a depression. The damage already caused by this oil spill is beyond measure and yet the government tells us that up to 19,000 barrels (798,000 gallons) of oil a day continue to flow into the Gulf of Mexico. Federal officials have expanded the "no fishing" area in the Gulf of Mexico to 75,920 square miles. That is 31 percent of all federal waters in the Gulf. As the oil continues to spread out there may soon be nowhere to fish. And the oil is starting to come ashore in more places. Red-brown oil was found on Alabama's Dauphin Island on Tuesday. As Gulf coast residents slowly watch this oil destroy everything around them they are starting to realize that this is it. Life along the Gulf of Mexico will simply never be the same again. The following are 30 shocking quotes about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that reveal the soul-crushing horror this disaster is causing.... #1) Councilman Jay LaFont of Grand Isle, Louisiana:
#2) Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish:
#3) Prosanta Chakrabarty, a Louisiana State University fish biologist:
#4) Marine toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw, director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute on BP's use of chemical dispersants:
#5) Dr. Larry McKinney, director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies in Texas:
#6) Carol Browner, Barack Obama's adviser on energy and climate:
#7) Richard Charter of the Defenders of Wildlife:
#8) Reverand Mike Tran:
#9) Louis Miller of the Mississippi Sierra Club:
#10) Dean Blanchard, owner of a seafood business:
#11) Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal:
#12) Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, about BP CEO Tony Hayward:
#13) Former Clinton adviser James Carville:
#14) An anonymous Louisiana resident:
#15) U.S. Representative Edward Markey:
#16) Gulf coast resident Marie Michel:
#17) Brenda Prosser of Mobile, Alabama:
#18) Qin Chen, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on the possibility that a hurricane could push massive amounts of oil ashore along the Gulf:
#19) Retired Army General Russel Honore on the effect this spill is having on residents of the Gulf coast:
#20) A group calling itself "Seize BP":
#21) Louisiania Governor Bobby Jindal:
#22) BP's chief operating officer, Doug Suttles:"
#23) Doug Rader, chief ocean scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund:
#24) Public Service Commissioner Benjamin Stevens:
#25) Wilma Subra, a chemist who has served as a consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency:
#26) Hotel Owner Dodie Vegas:
#27) Louisiana resident Sean Lanier:
#28) White House energy adviser Carol Browner:
#29) Marine toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw, director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute:
#30) Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser:
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