We watched as the bus rumbled over the hill by the ancient ruins at Asine and down the straight road toward us, past the beach and hotels on one side and the bouzouki nightclub and grass-less soccer field on the other. [read post]

– EPA News Release, January 27, 2010 The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans has agreed to reinstate its comprehensive program – stalled for several years in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – to make extensive improvements to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows into the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain and its storm drainage canal system, the Justice Department and U.S. [read post]

Where Western companies moved slowly toward agreements, sought externalfinancing, and had extensive regulations that governed everything from environmental protectionto anti-corruption statutes, Chinese companies were one-stop shops in league with thegovernment, they were happy to build things quickly if not always well, and they were open tothe costs of doing business in an environment with extensive patronage networks. [read post]

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