ldquo While the crash only took place six months ago I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources intelligence and character of the people of the United States mdash that

Most folks along the Gulf coast regarding a view of an environmental apocalypse outside their figurative bay windows might find it merely reasonable to insist on a halt to further drilling until what we suss out precisely what combination of inadequate technology corporate arrogance and MIA gover

One of the more depressing aspects of BP s petro-pocalypse in the Gulf of Mexico has been the readiness even eagerness of many to turn this national catastrophe into just another opportunity for hyperventilating nbsp partisanship You would think that this moment of crisis could have been a chance

Today nearly four decades after the terrible events on Bloody Sunday in Derry Ulster the British government has finally come clean somewhat The Saville report 12 years and pound 190m in the making acknowledges what had been pretty much self-evident to most of the world outside of Great Brita

It rsquo s the diplomatic strategic and fiscal boondoggle that keeps well taking I guess The war of choice in Iraq has already cost the United States a great many lives and vast sums that obviously could have been better spent say preparing for deep water oil mishaps developing an alternative

During a visit to New Orleans in early June, Kevin Clarke and Kerry Weber met with local fishermen and visited area beaches to learn firsthand the effects of the British Petrolium oil spill. Here is a selection of their coverage. "The Fisherman on the Shore," Kerry Weber "On Grand Terre, The Oil Mak

Here s another look at conditions at Grand Isle and Grande Terre Louisiana as the effort to contain the worst of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico goes into high gear Kevin Clarke nbsp

Watching the young men working on the beach of Grande Terre a barrier island near Louisiana pleasure boat paradise Grand Isle you can almost feel the futility hanging in the air We scrape it up and five miniutes later the beach is covered again one worker says Still Ian Guidry is willing to

Walking through the city of New Orleans it is all anyone can hear Whether tourist or native everyone speaks of the oily creep washing ashore across the Gulf the unnatural disaster unfolding across a city that has barely begun to emerge from the devastation of Katrina and a similar alarming hori

As the international reaction to Monday s debacle on board the Mavi Marmara nbsp continues Egypt has opened the Rafa crossing to humanitarian relief goods for an unlimited time Naturally there has been a storm of coverage in Israel of the Israeli naval commandos version of riot control A fail