NOAA moves to police seas

By Traver Riggins

As part of their continuing effort to take a lead in managing global fisheries, officials with the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospher

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"… e.A NOAA taskforce identified vessels in Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, or IUU. M …"

Green bundler with the golden touch

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Investor Steve Westly straddles the worlds of venture capital, presidential fundraising and government advising

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"… of the classic Washington hands washing each other,” said Mary Boyle, a spokeswoman with Common Cause in Washington. “He’s politically active, he gives mo …"

"… energy policy and on the overall direction of the Department of Energy,” spokeswoman Stephanie Mueller wrote in January.Chu did not respond to an interview req …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part five

For months, disarray was the hallmark of Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Last October 6, he moved his campaign to Nashville from Washingt

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"… h as the U.S. commissioner general of the 1998 World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal. The report cited numerous “questionable payments” made by Coelho or h …"

"… vans at his disposal. He also was involved in private business ventures in Portugal with at least three corporate underwriters of the Expo, despite federal et …"

"… ther compensation in 1997 and also held more than $1 million in SCI stock. Portugal has been one of SCI’s prime targets.Donna Brazile: Campaign manager and …"

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Investigation, audit reveal past mismanagement by Gore's campaign manager

By Bill Hogan

WASHINGTON, October 2, 1999 — On May 11, praising "his leadership skills and strategic vision," Vice President Al Gore named Tony Coelho gen

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"… the U.S. commissioner general of last year’s World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal – a political appointment that eventually made him “Ambassador Coelho. …"

"… lated salaries, the two stepsons of Gerald McGowan, the U.S. ambassador to Portugal – one of them as a “senior operations assistant” under a contract th …"

"… d on ocean research and technology at the 1998 World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal. Should the Secretary of the Navy determine that Navy participation is ben …"

"… had estimated would be needed to move an existing exhibit from Florida to Portugal for Expo ’98. “It was a canned display,” a source who worked on the …"

Coelho tapped government resources to repay personal loan

October 4, 1999 — Tony Coelho, the chairman of Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign, used government employees and resources to ra

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"… U.S. Commissioner General of last year’s World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal, with the activities and obligations of a private foundation “not of …"

"… ho at the time was a principal of The Bristol Group and a lobbyist for Air Portugal. (The offices of The Bristol Group were closed, and the Center was unable …"

Coelho failed to list $300,000 loan

By Bill Hogan

October 6, 1999 — Tony Coelho, the chairman of Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign, did not report a now-controversial $300,000 p

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"… the U.S. commissioner general of last year’s World Exposition in Lisbon, Portugal – a political appointment that eventually made him “Ambassador Coelho. …"

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U.S. stock market plunge followed Financial Stability Oversight Council warning

By Michael Hudson

Financial Stability Oversight Council's warning of fragile markets borne out by stock market plunge

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"… nstitutions and markets. If the crisis, now affecting Greece, Ireland, and Portugal, were to intensify significantly or spread more broadly across the euro ar …"

Contracts with provisional authorities

By Kevin Baron, Neil Gordon and Laura Peterson

Some players in Iraq got their business from Baghdad and Kabul

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"… na; Standard Bank Group Limited , South Africa; Banco Comercial Portugues, Portugal; and Akbank, Turkey.ChevronTexaco was one of six international oil compani …"

Greasing the skids of corruption

By Phillip van Niekerk and Laura Peterson

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

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"… il resources were first developed in 1956 when the country was a colony of Portugal, which ruled Angola until 1975. Immediately after the Portuguese pulled ou …"

"… nk accounts in several locations outside Angola, including in Switzerland, Portugal and London. The accounts are affiliated with either Sonangol's London or N …"

"… nstruction industry's largest names, such as Odebrecht of Brazil, Engil of Portugal and Dar Al-Handasah of Egypt, are deeply involved with the Angolan governm …"

No robust, sustained alternative energy policy

By The Center for Public Integrity

Alternative energy advocates agree the federal government never has provided the steady support that renewable energy needs

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"… tricity needs with wind, while Spain has reached 9 percent and Germany and Portugal, 7 percent. The Philippines have tapped into geothermal for 28 percent of …"

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