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Chinese Incinerator Plan Cancelled After Thousands Join Protests
– by Mimi Lau, April 9, 2015, South China Morning Post A western Guangdong city has cancelled a plan to build an incinerator that prompted a protest – of up to 10,000 people on some accounts – during which three police cars were flipped and a duty office vandalised. Luoding city government posted two letters on…
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Shuttered Claremont, New Hampshire Incinerator to Reopen
– by Patrick O’Grady, April 15, 2015, Valley News The shuttered Wheelabrator incinerator on Grissom Lane was sold at auction Tuesday for $1.63 million, with the buyer saying he plans to use it to burn municipal waste. As several bidders stood outside the plant hoping to pick up pieces of equipment at a bargain price, auctioneer…
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Biomass Corporation Sues Federal Gov’t for $47 Million
– by Jacob Fischler, April 9, 2015, Law 360 MeadWestvaco Virginia Corp. slapped the federal government with a $47 million suit in the Court of Federal Claims on Thursday, alleging the U.S. Department of Treasury underpaid the company for the construction of a biomass energy generator. Under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,…
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