I would like to have thought that changing parties would mean changing contractors, getting rid of crooked contractors that repeatedly ripped off American taxpayers. Yet, it really doesn’t make a difference. The...
Would I sound like a know-it-all jerk if I said that I didn't think that this "plan" to lower a concrete and steel box over the oil leak would work? I mean, I'm not an engineer or physicist or anything, but that...
The mining industry, and the laws and regulations that govern it, has historically been a bellwether for the state of environmental protections in Canada. This week, Krystyn and Mark speak with Joan Barton...
"I've never understood the logic behind privatization. You look at two organizations -- one that has to turn a profit and one that doesn't -- and argue that the for-profit enterprise can not only do things...
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"Bush talks a lot about his big troop surge. But so far, the plan seems to be to smother sectarians in Iraq with money. After reports last week that we shipped 363 tons of $100 bills on pallets to Iraq, we learn...
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The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in...
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