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...remains gray and smoggy. While the International Olympic Committee has generally praised the city's preparation for the Games, it says that pollution remains an outstanding concern. And so as the countdown clock in Tiananmen Square winds down to zero, worries grow that the $17 billion spent on environmental cleanup won't keep the Games from being clouded by a choking haze...
...biggest element of the short-term cleanup efforts will be a restriction on car traffic that begins July 20. On that day government-vehicle traffic will be ordered to cut back by 70%, and private vehicles will be permitted to drive only on alternating days. Although police cars, emergency vehicles and taxis will be exempt, the government estimates that up to 50% of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be cleared from the streets. "By July 20, not only the traffic control will be at ... full scale, [but] all the other controlling measures should in place," says Zhu Tong...
...Demir, mayor of the conservative Fatih municipality which is running the demolition program, says it's a much-needed social renewal project "to replace hovels." Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Sulukule "ugly", and expressed bewilderment over anti-demolition protests. That the neighborhood is in desperate need of a cleanup is clear, but critics accuse officials of failing to involve one of the city's oldest communities in plans for its redevelopment. Instead, the Roma have been offered two options: They can sell their property at a rate far below market prices (or face having it expropriated), or they...
Steve Creamer wants to talk about saving the world. The CEO of EnergySolutions, a nuclear power cleanup and disposal company, says it's his personal mission to help usher in the "nuclear renaissance," an era he says is coming on the heels of the carbon emission dark ages. Creamer has spent the past three years amassing a near monopoly on low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management in the U.S. His company now handles 99% of such waste, which includes contaminated clothing, equipment residue from reactor water and other materials. After acquiring eight companies and putting them under the Utah-based...
...from the rest of the world for decades, the residents of Rangoon were surely not expecting cavalcades of foreign aid workers to descend soon after the tidal surge and winds abated. But what must have seemed particularly galling was the absence of Burmese military troops participating in the immediate cleanup effort. In September, when thousands of monks led countrywide protests against rising commodity prices, soldiers from the 450,000-strong army responded with chilling brutality, spraying live ammunition at the burgundy-robed demonstrators. The official government death toll was 31, although international observers believe the actual figure was far higher...