{"id":16457,"date":"2017-12-20T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/baltimore-incineration-plan-could-get-millions-in-subsidies-thanks-to-maryland-law\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:11:07","slug":"baltimore-incineration-plan-could-get-millions-in-subsidies-thanks-to-maryland-law","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/baltimore-incineration-plan-could-get-millions-in-subsidies-thanks-to-maryland-law","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Incineration Plan Could Get Millions in Subsidies Thanks to Maryland Law"},"template":"","class_list":["post-16457","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-incineration","topics-zero-waste","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":5643,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[87,121],"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"

Should burning garbage in downtown Baltimore be given $10 million in subsidies since 2011 because the state of Maryland calls it ‘green’? The garbage incineration\/Renewable Energy Porfolio Standard (RPS) nexus is discussed in the Baltimore Sun‘s series Power Struggle; “How a Trash-Incinerator-Baltimore’s Biggest Polluter-Became ‘Green’ Energy”. The waste-to-energy industry helped write the state legislation that qualifies … 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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Should burning garbage in downtown Baltimore be given $10 million in subsidies since 2011 because the state of Maryland calls it ‘green’?<\/p>\n

The garbage incineration\/Renewable Energy Porfolio Standard (RPS) nexus is discussed in the Baltimore Sun<\/a>‘s series Power Struggle; “How a Trash-Incinerator-Baltimore’s Biggest Polluter-Became ‘Green’ Energy”.<\/p>\n

The waste-to-energy industry helped write the state legislation that qualifies it for the coveted subsidies under the Renewable Portfolio Standard. Maryland is the only state to award such Tier 1 status to trash-burning. This puts the incinerator on par with wind energy under the RPS.<\/p>\n

See the full story:\u00a0https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/environment\/bs-md-trash-incineration-20171107-story.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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