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In blow to the polluting incinerator industry, 250 mayors unanimously vote for a renewable energy plan that does not include municipal waste burning. The incinerator industry attempted to derail a historic resolution put before the U.S. Conference of Mayors this week which advocated for mayors across the country to commit to a 100% renewable energy goal … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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In blow to the polluting incinerator industry, 250 mayors unanimously vote for a renewable energy plan that does not include municipal waste burning.<\/h1>\n

The incinerator industry attempted to derail a historic resolution put before the U.S. Conference of Mayors this week which advocated for mayors across the country to commit to a 100% renewable energy goal by 2035.\u00a0 The Energy Recovery Council, the \u201cwaste to energy\u201d incineration trade association, lobbied against the resolution because incineration was not included as a form of renewable energy. (See Huffington Post’s article<\/a>). These attempts were unsuccessful after pushback from dozens of organizations across the country, including the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Sierra Club, and members of GAIA\u2019s network. On Monday, June 26, 2017, 250 mayors unanimously committed to the resolution, invalidating the incinerator industry\u2019s false claim that waste burning is a form of clean energy.\u00a0\u201cThe incinerator industry is trying their hardest to keep their business afloat amongst a competitive field of energy providers that are cheaper and cleaner,\u201d said Ahmina Maxey, GAIA\u2019s\u00a0US & Canada Regional Coordinator. \u201cThe truth is that this is a polluting industry, and Monday our nation\u2019s mayors were astute enough to recognize that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0In the last three months, the incinerator industry has tried multiple times to pressure governments into subsidizing their pollution by classifying \u201cwaste-to-energy\u201d as a renewable energy.<\/p>\n

Other recent incinerator industry attempts to gain government support and financial backing have been met with increasing resistance. In California just this past month, the incinerator industry made two attempts to lobby for state subsidies for their polluting facilities, both of which were\u00a0unsuccessful due to considerable\u00a0pushback\u00a0from the state\u2019s environmental justice community. In Europe, the European Parliament dealt a stunning upset to the industry earlier this month when it published a\u00a0report\u00a0calling for a halt on subsidies for waste incineration, citing that it hurts recycling and source reduction strategies.
\nMary Booth, Director of PFPI explained, \u201cWaste incinerators depend on burning plastics and other polluting materials to generate energy, and they are bigger polluters than coal plants per megawatt-hour. Incineration is a dirty technology that doesn\u2019t deserve to be treated as renewable energy.\u201d\u00a0Incinerators are by far the most expensive source of electricity, with a projected capital cost of $8,232 per kilowatt-hour for new waste incinerator facilities. \u201cNot only does the industry want taxpayers to subsidize these facilities with their hard earned dollars,\u201d GAIA\u2019s US Associate Director Monica Wilson stated, \u201ccitizens are then further burdened with health and environmental problems brought on by the pollution from these facilities.\u201d\u00a0As Maxey states, \u201cThis week made clear that the incineration industry is losing political capital both at home and abroad. We at GAIA would like to thank the 250 mayors who signed onto this resolution for leading their cities towards\u00a0real\u00a0clean energy solutions, not \u2018waste-to-energy\u2019 schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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