Environment
September 12, 2005 -
The Center for American Progress offers a good run-down on the no-bid contracts going out to administration-connected corporations in the wake of Katrina, making the clear connection to Iraq:
September 12, 2005 -
The Independent (U.K.) ran an important story yesterday about the growing toxic cesspool that is developing in the lower Gulf. The piece interviews Hugh Kaufman, a toxicology expert at the EPA, and what he has to say about the federal response to the poisoned waters isn't kind:
September 10, 2005 -
The title of a Reuters story today tells it all: "Firms with White House ties get Katrina contracts."
September 9, 2005 -
From today's Wall Street Journal (via Talking Points Memo):
September 9, 2005 -
The Miami Herald reports that at a hearing on rising energy prices yesterday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the prospect was raised of lifting moratoriums on drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to ease the supply disruptions from Hurricane Katrina.
September 9, 2005 -
The media is now stumbling to uncover what went wrong with FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina. But the fact is that the story of the Bush administration's systematic undermining of the agency has been in plain sight for a while now.
September 9, 2005 -
According to today's Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire, Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA) of Baton Rouge is overheard telling lobbyists: