Disaster-Capitalism

Whitefish Energy Wins $300M No-Bid Puerto Rico Contract Despite 2 Employees

2017-10-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Whitefish Energy, a Montana company with only two full-time employees from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown, received a $300 million no-bid contract to restore Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria. The contract prohibited government auditing of costs while charging $462 …

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Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover

2005-08-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Hurricane Katrina became the largest implementation of ‘disaster capitalism’ in U.S. history, with corporate interests using the crisis to advance privatization agendas previously blocked. Within 10 days of the levees breaking, .4 billion in no-bid contracts were awarded to four major …

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