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Covanta Incineration Deal Discourages Rival Recycling Programs
– Kathleen McLaughlin, August 4, 2014, Indianapolis Business Journal The city of Indianapolis faces financial penalties if it launches alternative recycling programs, under a pending deal with incinerator operator Covanta. The Indianapolis Board of Public Works will vote Wednesday on an agreement that’s worth more than $112 million in revenue to Covanta, which would become the…
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Proposed Incinerator a Bad Choice for Island
– Linda Damas Kelley, August 6, 2014, West Hawaii Today Just having returned from a monthlong mainland trip, I found that the waste-to-energy controversy has reached a boiling point. I just read recent commentaries by Hunter Bishop and Nelson Ho; like them, I too worked for the Department of Environmental Management during the Mayor Harry Kim…
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USDA Funds Genetic Engineering Research for Switchgrass Biofuels
– July 24, 2014, Farmers’ Advance Michigan State University (MSU) plant biologist C. Robin Buell has been awarded $1 million from a joint U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to accelerate genetic breeding programs to improve plant feedstock for the production of biofuels, bio-power and bio-based products. Specifically, the MSU College…
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