Environment

March 27, 2006 - Our local newspaper here in Knoxville (home of TVA) ran a lengthy article yesterday defending TVA which I posted about at my blog. Here's an excerpt:

March 21, 2006 - The headline alone should strike fear and loathing in the heart of any right thinking American.

March 16, 2006 - Despite repeated warnings by employees, it appears Halliburton subsidiary KBR exposed U.S. troops to untreated, contaminated water that could have caused "mass sickness and death":

March 15, 2006 - Every December, the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University goes out on a limb and makes an official prediction of the chances that a major (Category 3-4-5), land-falling hurricane will hit the United States in the coming year.

March 14, 2006 - Engineers: 1985 Test Predicted Levee Break:

March 9, 2006 - Minnesota Public Radio did a great piece this morning about rebuilding in the Gulf in the wake of Katrina, including a call-in segment about "The Mardi Gras Index."

March 7, 2006 - The former Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers has landed a job with a company contracted by the Corps to help fix the levees in New Orleans: