Renowned essayist, farmer, poet, and conservationist Wendell Berry says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill demonstrates that “we’re putting too much at stake” in the way we go after oil and mineral resources. More →

February 27, 2012

According to US government figures, more than 40,000 people have been brought in to help clean up the oil and deal with the crisis. But many in the fishing industry say they haven’t been able to get work, and they don’t know when they’ll be able to resume their livelihoods. More →

July 23, 2010

Paul Wolpe, director of Emory University’s Center for Ethics, says ethics should precede our economic and political judgments and our response to events like the Gulf oil spill. More →

July 9, 2010

“The issue here is not BP’s behavior, it’s not the Obama administration’s behavior. It’s our behavior. That is where the deepest change has to happen.” More →

July 9, 2010

Catholic Charities set up five relief centers in Louisiana fishing villages to respond to the oil spill catastrophe with financial assistance and spiritual support, says Margaret Dubuisson of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. More →

June 11, 2010