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Report: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy

Burning garbage to generate power is neither clean nor renewable. Yet, aging, costly, and polluting solid waste incinerators have been...

Minnesota WTE plant closing after county turns down offer to buy for one dollar

Great River Energy's Elk River facility, considered too financially risky for multiple counties to take on, is the latest in a series of WTE...

Community Voices: Take the next big step and shut the HERC down

Activists have been fighting against the “Hennepin Energy Recovery Center” (HERC) and other garbage incinerators for decades.

OPINION: Why Not Burn Waste? | Page 3 of 3

Opposition to burning municipal solid waste is not in sync with science and is restricting technology that could be used in the fight for clean energy and...