If only we would try to control the damage being done here by coal companies, etc., we might have room to talk. But here we can't tell people about the chemicals in their water because the government bans information. Pointing fingers is... well... pointless.

Color me shocked. Shocked!

Estmates suggest that up to a third of that $51 billion was siphoned off by Russia's ridiculously powerful and rich "mafia."

This is why you have $51 billion spent and yet have yellow water, unfinished buildings, horrendous construction problems, and a half pipe that is mostly slush.

Maybe they'd like a nice tunnel boring machine to make a new habitat for wildlife.Gently used.

It would make sense to re-use Winter Olympics sites.

Related story: Activist who pointed out Sochi environmental impact sentenced to three years in prison [Link]

Russia is a corrupt shithole that still builds things to shoddy Soviet specifications, we know.

sounds like they were using Conlin's slack Living Building standard for site selection, impacts, etc.

Maybe they could take a cue from Seattle - the masters at green spin - and just call it all "Deep Green".

" reptiles and brown bears have reportedly gone missing from surrounding mountain areas. " Reported by whom? Which species of reptiles? Missing? This passage seems dubious.

Corruption and willful ignorance? In the IOC? Nonsense!

The sustainability consultant (what the hell is that?) essentially said "Sochi should never have happened in Sochi." And everyone just accepted what he said.

So Putin supposedly chose Sochi because it's his favorite vacation spot? That makes sense. "I love going on vacation here. I think I'll destroy it."