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Maryland hesitates on cutting subsidies for trash incineration, sparking debates

Maryland hesitates on cutting subsidies for trash incineration, sparking debates

In Maryland, discussions intensify over ending subsidies for trash incineration, with advocates urging action before a legislative deadline.

Aman Azhar reports for Inside Climate News.

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A plant proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, would have turned tons of tires into synthetic gas. Local officials said not so fast

The mayor and city council have enacted a one-year moratorium after the EPA raised multiple environmental justice concerns, from toxic air to hazardous waste.
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Waste pickers are fighting for recognition in the global plastics treaty

"Private companies are not capable of extracting anywhere near the amount of recyclables that reclaimers are."
Massachusetts single-use plastic ban

State legislators, grass-roots orgs: Single-use plastic in Massachusetts 'gots to go'

Activists joined with law makers to launch a campaign targeting single-use plastic in the Bay State to transition to a reuse, refill culture.

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EPA spurns Trump-era effort to drop clean-air protections for plastic waste recycling

Affirming long-standing incineration regulations, the Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to help ease the way for unchecked pyrolysis and gasification of plastic.

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UN plastic treaty talks 2023
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On the eve of plastics treaty talks, a youth advocate from Ghana speaks out: ‘we need urgent action’

United Nations delegates gathering for a second negotiating session stake out their positions as environmental groups, businesses and scientists seek to influence the outcome of plastic treaty talks.

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