Voices From the Spill: Michael and Paul Orr, The Activists
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Paul and Michael Orr’s mother started the Louisiana Environmental Action Network out of fear that the local environment was too polluted to safely raise her young boys. Both men, born into the movement, now work at the 23-year-old organization.
Today, joined by younger brother Michael, the pair are raising awareness to the environmental ills and incredible natural beauty of their home state.
In the year since the spill, they have returned again and again to the barrier islands that guard Louisiana’s coastline to collect water samples, monitor at-risk bird populations, and illustrate how the ecosystem continues to evolve.
The worldwide attention paid to the Gulf coast as a result of the spill gives the brothers hope that things can change. They also worry that on the day after the spill’s one-year anniversary, that much-needed attention will disappear.
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