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SWANA URGES INCLUSION OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY IN RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 (628 reads)
Silver Spring, MD (May 22, 2007)—The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), on Friday, May 18, 2007, sent a letter to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) urging him to include waste-to-energy as a renewable energy resource in his renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to be considered by the Senate. The senator is expected to introduce the RPS as part of an amendment to S. 1115, the Energy Proficiency and Promotion Act, a bill passed in early May by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. While the RPS would help to lower greenhouse gas emissions and encourage production of renewable energy sources, it omits waste-to-energy as such an alternative. SWANA wanted to make Senator Bingaman aware of the value of waste-to-energy as a renewable energy source with “the potential to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that contribute to global warming and climate change.”
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PIVOTAL SUPREME COURT RULING SENDS E-SESSION ATTENDANCE TO ALL-TIME HIGH
Friday, May 11, 2007 (472 reads)
Silver Spring, MD (May 7, 2007)—Over 250 attendees viewed an interactive, online, educational session on the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority. Friday’s E-Session bosted by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) was the highest attended online event in the Association’s history.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT FLOW CONTROL UPHELD BY U.S. SUPREME COURT
Tuesday, May 01, 2007 (864 reads)
Silver Spring, Md. (Tuesday, May 1, 2007)—The U.S. Supreme Court, today, issued a decision in the case of United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority. By a 6-3 margin, the high court ruled that local ordinance that direct locally generated wastes to publicly owned waste facilities do not discriminate against interstate commerce.
To help waste management personnel understand what this decisions means for them, SWANA will be offering an interactive E-Session to be held Friday, May 4, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. This online session will address such topics as the United States Constitution Commerce Clause, Carbone Decision, the burden to interstate commerce verses local benefits, and the governmental responsibility for trash disposal.
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