New Courtice incinerator Strikes further delays

CLARINGTON — Clarington’s brand new energy-from-waste facility is going to be delayed a second time because the boilers aren’t operating correctly and the continuing startup period may cost Durham Region an extra $1 million. “I would rather see it delayed and performed right than hurried,” said Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster. The Durham York Energy Centre Read More

New Courtice incinerator hits further Flaws

CLARINGTON — Clarington’s brand new energy-from-waste facility will probably be delayed a second time because the boilers are not functioning properly and the ongoing startup period could cost Durham Region an extra $1 million. “I’d rather see it delayed and performed right than hurried,” explained Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster. The Durham York Energy Centre facility, Read More

Baltimore teens take out the Garbage

Youth battle a waste incinerator. It is the threat of dangerous air pollution that has pupils at Curtis Bay’s Benjamin Franklin High School leaving the classroom and showing in the streets of Baltimore. In Curtis Bay, a neglected waterfront neighborhood in the northwestern fringes of Baltimore, an alliance of environmental activists and local groups–such as Read More

County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator

The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no Read More

Burnaby garbage incinerator operator sued over pollution concerns

The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District is suing Maxxam Analytics International Corp. and Covanta Burnaby Renewable Energy ULC for Supposedly failing to properly Examine fly ash samples in the district’s waste-to-energy facility in Burnaby. Non-hazardous fly ash is accepted and disposed of in the Cache Creek landfill, the claim states. Samples analyzed by Maxxam Read More

Подростки Балтимора выносят мусор

Молодежь борется с мусоросжигательной установкой. Это угроза опасного загрязнения воздуха, из-за которой ученики средней школы имени Бенджамина Франклина в Кертис-Бей выходят из класса и проводят демонстрации на улицах Балтимора. В Кертис-Бей, заброшенном прибрежном районе на юго-западной окраине Балтимора, альянсу экологических активистов и местных групп, включая энергичную и творческую группу старшеклассников, удалось задержать строительство огромной мусоросжигательной Read More

Оператор мусоросжигательного завода Burnaby подал в суд из-за опасений по поводу загрязнения окружающей среды

Район канализации и дренажа Большого Ванкувера подает в суд на Maxxam Analytics International Corp. и Covanta Burnaby Renewable Energy ULC за то, что они якобы не смогли должным образом протестировать образцы летучей золы с завода по переработке отходов в Бернаби. Округ подал уведомление о гражданском иске в Верховный суд Британской Колумбии 16 октября. Covanta, согласно Read More