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30 Mar 2011

Trash Is Not Renewable

by ILSR | Date: 30 Mar 2011 | posted in: Press Release, waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In March, ILSR testified against proposed legislation in Maryland to qualify waste incinerators as a Tier 1 renewable source of energy.

  • Nonprofits Slam Bills That Give Even Larger Subsidies to Waste Incineration Under Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard – joint coalition press release, March 30, 2011
  • Don’t Trash Renewable Energy in Maryland – one-page fact sheet
  • “Top Ten Reasons to Oppose MD House Bill 1121 and Senate Bill 690” – Factsheet
  • ILSR’s Written Testimony on the Legislation
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts press release announcing the decision to maintain its moratorium on building new waste incinerators – December 2009
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