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The Effects of Renewable or Clean Electricity Standards - (Congressional Budget Office) July 2011.
Self-proclaimed
environmenatlists dream of a future powered by wind and solar energy.
The free market, of course, knows this isn't going to happen.
Solid
Waste Authority of Palm Beach County - Response to the Florida Chapter
of the Sierra Club, prepared by GBB (Gershman, Brickner & Bratton,
Inc.) - May 3, 2011.
Eleven years after the deadline to recycle 40 percent of their waste, hardly any towns in Connecticut have reached that goal.
If
you're itching to visit the new advanced waste management plant that
will open in 2016 in Copenhagen, be sure to bring your skis.
Frederick Gazette Article: Frederick turning gas from decomposing trash into electricity by Courtney Pomeroy-- September 10, 2010
Energy Information Administration - Energy KIDS - A Report from Energy Ant - My Trip to the RESCO Trash-to-Energy Plant in Baltimore, Maryland
US EPA - Assessing Outdoor Air Near Schools - Minnesota International Charter School (Minneapolis, MN).
A Tour of Amsterdam's Waste-to-Energy Plant. By Leon Kaye, TriplePundit.com — June 15, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer Article: Turning Trash Into Treasure — May 24, 2010
Montgomery County News Release - County Executive Leggett Proposes that County Recycle, Reuse Ash Residue & Improve Recycling of Construction, Demolition Debris - Action Will Reap Financial Environmental Benefits for County - April 27, 2010
The New York Times Article: Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash; U.S. Sits Back. By Elisabeth Rosenthal — April 13, 2010
The Aegis - Better estimates that Harford County has a recycling rate of 63% - the highest in Maryland - is commendable... — January 20, 2010
Waste Away - Union County, NJ, Plant Turns Garbage into Renewable Energy. By Jeff Weber, staff writer, myCentralJersey.com — December 24, 2009
The Boston Globe Article: It's not waste; it's energy, by John P. DeVillars — December 2, 2009
Study Finds Incinerator Helps Curb Emissions. By David Slade, The Post and Courier - March 8, 2009
NY State tries to rein in toxic fumes by banning trash burning state wide. By Jeff Montanaro, Westchester County Top New Examiner — October 16, 2009
Vancouver Sun Article: We need to stop wasting waste, and here's how, by Andrew Weaver, Special to the Sun - Start by thinking of trash as a valuable resource --because it is. Then stop burying it in the ground - October 8, 2009
Here's
a riddle with a surprising answer: Which has a greater impact on
climate change, sending garbage to a landfill or burning it?
The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority is a Member of the Maryland Green Registry - Organizations Working Toward a Sustainable Maryland
Vancouver Sun Article: Why burning garbage is the best option, by Lois E. Jackson, Special to the Sun - Trash is a resource and burying it is wasteful. Incinerators also produce fewer pollutants than landfills do - September 29, 2009
Harvesting the Energy of Trash, by Alyssa A. Lappen - August 31, 2009
EESI - Issue Brief: Reconsidering Municipal Solid Waste as a Renewable Energy Feedstock - July 2009
Readers Digest Article: Where Our Garbage Goes, by Kristina Dell
Frederick News-Post Article: Kudos for WTE Work (originally published July 4, 2009)
Memorandum from County Executive, Isiah Leggett, to Montgomery County Council President, Phil Andrews, re Solar Panels on Montgomery County's Transfer Station and Recycling Center - June 19, 2009
Frederick County Commissioners Approve Controversial Incinerator Project - Frederick News Post - June 24, 2009
Carroll
County Commissioners are slated today to discuss the proposal to build a
joint trash incinerator with Frederick County. The discussion is
scheduled to come after Tuesday's vote by the Frederick Board of County
Commissioners in favor of the project.
Local Government Coalition for Renewble Energy - Waste-to-Energy and America's Need for Clean, Renewable Energy:
The Case for WTE's Inclusion in Renewble Energy Legislation -
Tab 1, Tab2, Tab 3, Tab 4, Tab 5, Tab 6, Tab 7, Tab 8, Tab 9, Tab 10 & Tab 11.
Susan Thorneloe of the U.S. EPA and researchers at North Carolina State University have published a new study in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology entitled "Is It Better to Burn or Bury Waste for Clean Electricity Generation?"
Letter from SWANA Executive Director & CEO, John Skinner, to The Honorable Ron Wyden, United States Senate, re Section 45 Production Tax Credit - Parity Amendment
NBC News Report "Burning Trash," Wednesday, July 20, 2008, NBC Nightly News/Brian Williams.
Listen to Robin Davidov discuss recycling and waste resource management trends with Commissioner Zimmer on the Carroll County Commissioners' weekly radio show.
Letter from SWANA to Congressman John Dingell re Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Paper for the 2006 Berlin Waste Conference by Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, MdB, environmental policy spokeswoman of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, and Dr. Michael Weltzin.
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