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...midst of a cleanup of toxic financial waste that will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, at the very least. The primary manufacturers of these hazardous products pocketed multimillion-dollar paychecks for their efforts. So why aren't we making them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economy Cleanup: Clawback to the Future | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...long way toward closing that gap, though their success will depend on how well the protections work. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument officially bans any material that might damage corals or sea life, but ocean currents still sweep 57 tons of garbage a year into the protected area - and cleanup efforts, hampered by budget reductions, can't keep pace. And the sheer isolation of the central Pacific monuments, which helps shield them from pollution, makes policing the waters even more difficult and costly. "Actually following through on this will be a real issue," says Diane Regas, managing director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Bush's Last Act of Greenness | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...effort doesn't end there. After the cleanup, local residents and businesses are responsible for plugging up the vacant rat holes and keeping their garbage covered. To do all that, however, they have to know exactly where the rats are to begin with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mapping the Rats in New York City | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

...currently the co-chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, an organization that tries to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons by analyzing threats and funding threat-reduction projects like the cleanup of nuclear material left in Belgrade...

Author: By Anna S. Roth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nunn Pushes Global Disarmament | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...second woman, a high-ranking official in Martin County, directly north of Palm Beach County, reportedly also had an affair with Mahoney while he was in office. On Wednesday, ABC News reported allegations that Mahoney went out of his way to help the woman secure a $3.2 million hurricane-cleanup reimbursement from FEMA. (Mahoney's representative responded that the Congressman had helped many counties in Florida get reimbursed by Washington for disaster-recovery expenses, and that Martin County had been seeking funding prior to Mahoney's election.) Republicans have also accused leading Democrats of covering up whatever knowledge they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mahoney's Florida District Has Sex-Scandal Déjà Vu | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

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