Incinerator News

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March 2010

Officials discuss where to build incinerator

Official urges decision on incinerator location swap

Senate panel rejects incinerator bills

Senate committee rejects bills aimed at limiting incinerator spot

Commissioners vote to proceed with incinerator at McKinney

Incinerator issue smolders along

Young takes office on Wednesday as new Frederick County commissioner

Thompson asks for BoCC re-vote on incinerator site

History vs. trash in incinerator debate

February 2010

Incinerator hits another roadblock

Incinerator fight moves to Annapolis

County considers plan to delay capital projects

Young braces for ‘black book' backlash

When filling vacancies left by elected officials, local and state laws differ

January 2010

State bills would halt incinerator

EPA cracks down on pollution spikes near roads

Delegation advances pay-as-you-throw pilot program

20-year plan praised for preservation, criticized for obstruction

December 2009

Hagen is first to file for 2010 county election

Lean budget, trash disposal options top news for Frederick County government

Residents challenge planning commission reversal in court

Massachusetts institutes moratorium on trash incinerators

November 2009

County attorney to wait 30 days before dismissing incinerator suit

The great flip-flop

Legal action won't delay incinerator

Planning commission's incinerator reversal draws debate

Lake County [Illinois] incineration plan draws heat from residents

County planning board reverses incinerator decision

Planning commission reverses course on incinerator

Indecision 2010

R.I. landfill director says no to waste-to-energy proposal

Commissioners to appeal incinerator decision

County looks for ways around planning commission decision

[Shanghai] Incinerator project goes up in smoke

October 2009

Commissioners hope to overturn incinerator decision

County attorney looking at legal action after incinerator plans halted

County advances legislative wish list

Despite incinerator approval, discussion of options continues

Nantucket tops in nation for recycling

Incinerator project hits snag

Incinerator Plans Not Derailed, Despite Planning Commission Vote

Plans Halted for Incinerator

Unplanning

"Zero Waste: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation Video" webinar

Schools should tell parents about incinerator

Exploring Alternatives to Costly WTE

August 2009

Candidates should mind city's trash

Public hearing on dumping fee set

City has little to no leverage on incinerator

Candidates use forum to address environmental concerns

City Notes — A frenzy of forums

Incinerator opponents holding forums

July 2009

Public Service Commission seeks answers on trash incinerator

Students seek board support on Styrofoam removal

State to make decision on incinerator approval process

Sustainable Frederick: Not happening

Local activists target issues across the spectrum

Composting program wins award

Commissioners Gardner and Hagen on WFMD: Hour 1 Hour 2

Agreement spells out traffic to incinerator

Commissioners moving ahead with incinerator

Jan's future

Carroll advances incinerator project

County advances incinerator project County advances incinerator project

Carroll County supports design, permitting of incinerator

Eco-friendly fixes

June 2009

Caroline Eader talks about waste-to-energy incineration

Not writing about it

Doggett: Until Greatly Improved, Until Families Share in the Billions this Bill Grants Powerful Lobbies, I Cannot Support It

County commissioners to vote on incinerator

Regional incinerator — Carroll debates withholding startup costs

Not over yet!

Officials approve incinerator

Carroll defers decision on incinerator

Incinerator talks move to Carroll

Frederick County officials approve incinerator plan

Carroll to re-evaluate incinerator decisions

Commissioners approve controversial incinerator project

Carroll commissioners to discuss joint incinerator with Frederick—Meeting on Thursday; Hagen predicts project to be major issue in the 2010 election

Frederick commissioners vote in favor of incinerator

Frederick commissioners to resume talks today of building incinerator

Commissioners vote to build incinerator

Commissioners expected to vote on incinerator today

Friends of the Earth Launches Ad Campaign Opposing House Climate Bill

Incinerator debate to resume

Jenkins to ask board to resume talks on new incinerator

Jenkins to support incinerator; vote expected within month

County experts discuss expansion of composting

Carroll County advertises for landfill

May 2009

Political Notes — Incinerator in Frederick may get vote

Commissioners to Host Composting Presentation and Panel Discussion

Myersville will begin mandatory recycling June 1

Happy, but still cautious over trash disposal plan

Incinerator opponents happy, but cautious

Carroll County leaders in limbo following Frederick's decision

Shelving WTE

Political considerations part of incinerator debate

With incinerator in doubt, official says county should look at other waste disposal options

April 2009

Local Activists Head to Washington DC to Tell Congress: Protect Climate AND Health

Commissioners suspend incinerator plans

Commissioners put brakes on incinerator to explore alternatives

Commissioners suspend incinerator plans

Frederick commissioners suspend incinerator proposal

Commissioners to decide today next step in trash disposal

Incinerator decision coming Tuesday

Decision on incinerator to come next week

Commissioners to decide incinerator alternative

Jane Hunter talking about the Dickerson incinerator: Hour 1 Hour 2

Expo produces recycling suggestions

Political Picks

State will not prevent trash incinerator near battlefields

Committee opposes Mooney's incinerator bill

Political Notes — Incinerator could create political heat

Incinerator ban would apply only to new facilities

Incinerator bill draws residents to Annapolis

March 2009

[South Carolina] Incinerator likely to close

Carroll County Environmental Advisory Committee Opposed to Incinerator

EPA uses Clean Air Act to declare CO2 a pollutant

EPA Presses Obama To Regulate Warming Under Clean Air Act

Cash for Trash
Recyclers are devising dazzling new ways to mint fortunes from America's mountains of waste.

McKinney site off/on the table

County Commissioner President Jan Gardner says the McKinney site is off the table. Five days later she says the site is back on the table.

Groups work to preserve two Frederick County battlefields

Frederick Residents Protest Construction of Incinerator

Senator Mooney's Legislation Against the Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Makes Progress

SB 1009 took a major step forward when the Senate Rules Committee assigned it to await a hearing date in the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.