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Just over a year into his term, President George W. Bush has all but proven who his real constituents are—big business and industry. In his latest budget, Bush flatly declined to reauthorize the tax on high-polluting industries that once kept the environmental cleanup trust fund—known as the Superfund—self-sustaining. The fund, which was created in 1980, has shrunk from billions of dollars to less than $100 million today without the corporate contributions...
...company takes responsibilty. Numerous small projects have been completed successfully, but many big ones remain, and they can’t get started without money. Instead of ensuring an impoverished future for the Superfund, Bush should have tried to reinstate the tax on polluting industries to pay for cleanup costs. He had the opportunity to right the mistake his Republican compatriots made in 1995 and to reassure centrists that he cares about the environment regardless of his ties to big business, oil and industry...
...Quick Aussie Cleanup...
Lydon's daughter spray-painted directions to the restaurant on numerous construction planks that have sprouted in the cleanup zone, which other stores also use as free billboards. Apocalyptic signage was also erected by Andrew Menschel, 58, the owner of the Dakota Roadhouse, a bar just north of the Trade Center site. Back when the green police tarp shrouded the site, Menschel scrawled advertisements for his bar all over it: OSAMA MISSED US, WHY SHOULD YOU? Some locals have scolded Menschel for trying to "make profit out of death," but business is so slow he will try anything...
...weeks, the Krewe had been serving thousands of free bowls of steaming hot gumbo and spicy jambalaya to rescuers and cleanup workers. Then, on Dec. 7, even though the Krewe had secured corporate sponsorship, nonprofit status and fire-fighter support, the city shut down their free-food enterprise. Though OEM officials say the Krewe lacked the proper permits, the Cajuns believe they were sent home because they competed with the new, official provider of free food at ground zero, the Salvation Army...