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Chalmette Update
In the midst of the BP oil crisis one Louisiana community is still coping with a spill from long ago. Hurricane Katrina left a million gallons of oil in the blue-collar town of Chalmette. The oil company responsible pledged to make things right for the co
Oil spills are nothing new for the working class town of Chalmette, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina let loose a million gallons of oil in a residential neighborhood there. Host Jeff Young revisits the people of Chalmette five years later to see how they’re coping.