A New Year, or Same Old Sludge for the Gulf Coast?

worker cleans tarballs from the BP oil spill on Waveland beach December 6, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi. Nearly eight months after the spill, tarballs are still washing up on the beach.
( Mario Tama / Getty )
( Mario Tama / Getty )
Produced by Jen Poyant and Kristen Meinzer