Government conference waste

Typically, government conferences are used for the following: 1.       Government customers show off their programs with assistance from their contractors 2.       Government executives self-promote...

PLP 'We've spent $670m... sorry we can't account for it'

"Larry Burchall Email articlePrint article 3/24/2010 9:49:00 AM  'We've spent $670m... sorry we can't account for it'In Bermuda's hour of need, Bermuda Sun columnist Larry Burch...

Bermuda's PLP National debt could top half a billion dollars

"Larry Burchall Email articlePrint article 1/27/2010 9:40:00 AM  National debt could top half a billion dollarsLazy? Read no further. Only want to hear good stuff? Stop here. Want...

BC mine gets green light despite red tape

This mornings news uncovered a story by CBC Canada North that along with the seal hunter stranded on the Arctic ice flow spurred the birth of the following article... ""The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled...

Review: Municipal Waste, "Massive Aggressive"

“Massive Aggressive”Municipal WasteReleased August 25th, 2009Earache RecordsLyrically AlteredDespite my general distaste for the comedy rock genre, I’ve always gotten something out of listening to Municipal Waste that I never did from, oh let’s say, Tenacious...

Can China Turn Cotton Green?

"Ounce for ounce, it could be the most environmentally toxic item of clothing you own." EXCERPT: ... subsidies in the U.S. and countries in Europe and elsewhere (including China itself) depress the price of globally...

PLP bourgeois elitists :no accountability for public spending

"The Progressive Labour Party failed to show up at this week's meeting of Bermuda's Public Accounts Committee. Chairman Bob Richards was forced to go it alone with United Bermuda Party colleague Patricia Gordon-Pamplin to investigate the spending of...

Tide of filth ... the dirtiest river

In the Philippines where I live I have seen badly poluted rivers and beaches, they have started cleaning up their act. But this polution of the Citarum is the worst polution what so ever.   "As global leaders...

"Zero Waste" Extreme Recycling is Becoming the Norm

"Zero waste" is recycling to the max.  Nothing gets wasted, only recycled and composted.  Growing out of the environmental movement that has gone mainstream in the last few years is the newest and most...

India Invests In A Cleaner Ganges

India is planning on investing around $3 billion in cleaning the river Ganges, which flows through northern India and Bangladesh. Currently, around 50 percent of Delhi's raw sewage flows straigt into the Ganges. ...

Radioactive waste dump to channel toxins into Lake Ontario

The low-level radioactive waste consolidation process slated for Port Hope, Ontario will create one of the largest nuclear waste sites in Canadian history. The planning process has been happening for a decade...

Mafia Link To Radioactive Waste Dumped In Mediterranean

An unmarked wreck full of radioactive waste was found in the Mediterranen, off the coast of Italy, on Saturday. Prosecutor Bruno Giordano stated that the ship may be proof that the mafia has been sinking nuclear...

EPA ends 26 year delay on regulating coal power plant wastewater

This week, the EPA announced "plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water".  The move comes in the wake of...

Apology to the Little Old Ladies of Wright County Minnesota

" As you recall, over a series of several articles in the past few months, I attempted to get property tax and budget information from my County of residence, Wright County in the State of Minnesota. I was motivated to research and analyze this information due to...

UK – The EIGHT twin-rotor Chinook helicopter controversy.

This failure began in 1995 with their purchase by the MoD from Boeing at £259 million. If this were to be a one-off incident regarding wastage as to tax-payers money then it would be plausible to accept such an error of judgement, however given that this represents a grain...

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