Become a Member

Tag: frederick

  • Incinerator in Frederick, MD Canceled After Decade-Long Fight

    - by Patrice Gal­lagher, No Incin­er­a­tor Alliance On Novem­ber 20, 2014, Fred­er­ick Coun­ty, Mary­land’s Board of Coun­ty Com­mis­sion­ers can­celled plans to build a 1500 ton-per-day waste-to-ener­gy incin­er­a­tor, end­ing a 10 year cit­i­zens’ effort to kill the project and put bet­ter alter­na­tives for com­mu­ni­ty waste man­age­ment in place. The vote was 3 to 2, and all three…

  • Commissioners Scrap Frederick, MD Incinerator Plan

    - Asso­ci­at­ed Press, Novem­ber 21, 2014, Her­ald-Mail The Fred­er­ick Coun­ty Com­mis­sion­ers are scrap­ping plans for a waste-to-ener­gy incin­er­a­tor after more than five years of debate. The Fred­er­ick News-Post report­ed that the board vot­ed 3–2 Thurs­day night to can­cel a con­tract with Whee­labra­tor Tech­nolo­gies Inc. for the $471 mil­lion project. The board unan­i­mous­ly vot­ed in favor of haul­ing the coun­ty’s trash…