CALIFORNIA STAKEHOLDERS BLAST EPA WASTE INCINERATOR RULES

Environmentalists and conversion technology proponents are blasting U.S. EPA, for different reasons, over the agency's recently proposed changes to Clean Air Act regulations for trash incinerators. Activists argue the proposed revisions do not go far enough to reduce emissions from the facilities, while industry argues that higher compliance costs may threaten the technology viability, which they argue is a key renewable energy source that should be embraced. California has three of the nation's 89 trash incinerators, also known as municipal...