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Over the weekend, an Earth Day celebration on Long Island urged the Town of Brookhaven to close the landfill in Yaphank. Residents of North Bellport encouraged their community of color to join them in the streets to talk about “environmental racism” in their neighborhood.
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New York is hearing feedback from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by waste disposal and transfer facilities. It’s part of the decennial solid waste management plan the state is working on.
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Connecticut officials are downplaying the need for waste-to-energy facilities following the closure of a major trash burning plant in Hartford this year.
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With an incinerator in Hartford that burns trash to generate energy set to close, what are the alternatives? And are there programs to develop safer, more environmentally friendly systems of managing waste?
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The Brookhaven landfill is expected to be full in two to three years, posing a major problem for Long Island waste management.
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As states weigh trash-to-energy facilities, neighborhoods in Long Island and Brooklyn, New York, have learned from each other to fight for environmental justice with solutions to a growing organic waste management problem. The strategy in New Haven, Connecticut, is reducing trash that ends up in landfills and incinerators.
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With an incinerator in Hartford that burns trash to generate energy set to close, what are the alternatives? And are there programs to develop safer, more environmentally friendly systems of managing waste?
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Connecticut could see cheaper gas as early as next week
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The long-term future of Connecticut’s quasi-public waste management agency is uncertain. One of four waste-to-energy facilities in the state is scheduled to close later this year due to age and lack of funding.
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Connecticut's Attorney General is vowing to stay in the fight against the owners of Stamford-based Purdue Pharma. Elsa’s impact on our region, Long Island…