INVALID CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY POLLUTION DATA PROMPTS HEATED DEBATE

A recent South Coast air district review of a key conversion technology emissions study has led district officials to invalidate some of the findings, claiming that data initially showing low levels of harmful emissions were not properly characterized. The study is significant because it is one of the first to analyze emissions coming from conversion technologies, data the Legislature has stated it needs before placing the waste-to-energy processes on the same level as recycling. While environmentalists say the South Coast...