Fukushima is Destroying the Pacific Ocean
The operator of the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it dumped more than 1,000 tons of polluted water into the sea after a typhoon raked the facility
State Department Spent $630,000 on Facebook “Likes”
A striking finding in a recent Inspector General report revealed that the U.S. Department of State spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Facebook “likes” in the past two years, effectively buying fans
Watchdog Says Government is Trying to Silence Him
The watchdog who tracks the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to rebuild Afghanistan says government officials have tried to silence him because they think he’s embarrassing the White House and Afghan President Hamid Karzai by pointing out the waste and fraud
The TSA’s $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Purchase New Uniforms
The impending sequester did not prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from acting in late February to seal a $50-million deal to purchase new uniforms for its agents-uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico
Half of the Planet’s Food is Wasted
As much as half of the world’s food is discarded without ever making it to a human mouth, engineers at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers have found
Hidden Agenda Sneaked Into Sandy Aid Package
The Obama administration’s $60-billion emergency aid package for victims of superstorm Sandy is now caught in the crossfire over the fiscal cliff, with some critics questioning why millions of dollars are directed to areas far from the epicenter of the storm
Pentagon Irresponsibly Wastes Money on Pointless Things
From a workshop on whether Jesus’ salvation would apply to aliens to determining the color of the feathers on a 150-million-year-old creature deemed the Earth’s first bird, the Pentagon has spent money on some questionable projects, according to Sen. Tom Coburn
Thousands of Kenyans Rely on Trash Dump for Survival
A man with a sack slung over his shoulder trudges up a mountain of rotting rubbish, where Marabou storks perch like mournful sentinels. In the valley below, a woman pulls a jacket from the rubbish and holds it up, appraising it with a critical eye
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