In 2010, waves of oil in the Gulf strangled and crippled the very birds that conservationists had been fighting so hard to protect.

A BP-authored report claiming that the Gulf has recovered is inaccurate and insulting—here’s why.

Only two tiny strips of sand and shell, dotted with a few skeletal remains of mangrove trees, are all that was left of Cat Island, a tiny isle in Barataria Bay that held thriving colonies of brown pelicans, wading birds and gulls prior to the BP Deepwater Horizion oil spill.

It’s time to hold BP accountable for the environmental damage it continues to cause the wildlife and people of the Gulf Coast.