Last updated
12/02/2011

INCINERATION - NEWS ARTICLES 
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NOTICE:  Metroland has revamped their "This Week" website and
have changed links to articles, editorials and letters.
Therefore, many links no longer work or they take you to the wrong page.

So far, I have updated only 2011 Metroland links.
I may be deleting all Metroland links in the future, although I will keep posting
articles, editorials and letters printed in other Newspapers.

 2011

• Dec 1 - Durham incinerator court case starts - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 30 - No inquiry for 75k party - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Nov 30 - No inquiry into incinerator celebration - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Nov 30 - Region not holding breath on clean air bylaw - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Nov 30 - Gord Miller: Stop talking, start acting - Agencies can't protect environment - Toronto Sun (Arturo)

• Nov 30 - PETA Offers Harrisburg Cash for Lettuce-Bikini Incinerator Ad - Bloomberg Business Week (Varghese)

• Nov 29 - Ontario is all talk and no action on environment, commissioner says - Toronto Star (Talaga)

• Nov 26 - Peel sorts through waste options - Metroland - Mississauga (Criscione)

• Nov 25 - Anderson apologizes for incinerator groundbreaking party cost - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 24 - City of Windsor to join Detroit incinerator fight - The Windsor Star (Brownell)

• Nov 23 - Durham trash party host ‘sorry’ for extravagance - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Nov 17 - ‘Incinerator party’ has some councillors burned up - Scugog Standard (Wolfe)

• Nov 17 - Durham councillors seek inquiry into incinerator party cost - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 16 - Answers to Scugog's burning incinerator questions - Metroland (Hall)

• Nov 14 - Incinerator plan goes up in smoke - Morning Star, U.K. (Wallis)

• Nov 9 - Scugog questions gala groundbreaking costs for incinerator - Metroland (Hall)

• Nov 9 - Party cost warranted: Fisch - Metroland, York (Fleischer)

• Nov 8 - Councillors demand inquiry into lavish incinerator party - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Nov 7 - Bill's in for Clarington trash facility's pricey private party - Metroland (Vyhnak)

• Nov 4 - Region on hook for part of bash - Metroland, York (Traber)

• Nov 3 - Bill's in for Clarington trash facility's pricey private party - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Oct 26 - City council could consider Plasco deal as early as December - Ottawa Citizen (Chianello)

• Oct 21 - Analyst: Waste-to-energy ‘not clean’ - Frederick News Post (Rodgers)

• Oct 19 - Trash Troubles: Ontario's garbage continues to outstrip available landfill space Part 1- Metroland (Campbell &  Dharmarajah)

• Oct 19 - Trash Troubles: Our trash turned into treasure Part 2 - Metroland (Campbell &  Dharmarajah)

• Oct 19 - Trash Troubles: Filling up our landfills with recyclables Part 3 - Metroland (Campbell &  Dharmarajah)

• Oct 13 - Study: Md. trash-burning power plants pollute more than coal - Washington Examiner (Peterson)

• Oct 13 - Trash-Burning System for Capitol Raises Concerns - Roll Call (Dumain)

• Oct 12 - Harrisburg Files for Bankruptcy on Overdue Incinerator Debt - Bloomberg Business Week

• Oct 6 - Controversy surrounds Clarington appointments to new incinerator advisory committee Metroland (Hatherly)

• Oct 5 - Council shuns activists for EFW - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Oct 5 - Transparency Trashed - Orono Times Editorial

• Oct 5 - Zero-Waste Plan Calls for Mandatory Recycling - Sustainable City Network (Lombardi)

• Oct 3 - Update - Harrisburg financial collapse was predicted - CBS 21 News (Papst)

  • Top Plants - Harrisburg - see Industry spin on Covanta plant - Dec. 1, 2009

• Sept 28 -Deal with Covanta does not ensure Canadian sourcing - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Sept 28 - Legal battle postponed, again - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Sept 25 - Lake County looks ahead to 2014 regarding garbage disposal - Orlando Sentinel (Comas)

• Sept 21 - Don't take funds from green energy - Newsday

• Sept 14 - If not incineration — then what? - Doug Anderson, Whitby

• Aug 26 - Turning York Region’s garbage into vegetables - Toronto Star (Winsa)

• Aug 25 - Angry protestors greet new incinerator ground breaking - The Scugog Standard (Wolfe)

• Aug 25 - Dumping on all sides - The Scugog Standard (Wolfe)

• Aug 25 - Anti-Covanta campaigners head down to Westminster - Gwent Gazette (Cousens)

• Aug 24 - Region breaks ground on EFW - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• Aug 24 - Protestors make point loud and clear over Durham York Energy Centre - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Aug 24 - Breaking ground for the future - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Aug 23 - Protestors make point loud and clear over Durham York Energy Centre  - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Aug 23 - Breaking ground for the future - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Aug 23 - MDC loses CRRA trash-plant lawsuit - Hartford Business

• Aug 22 - Durham, York regions break ground on new energy-from-waste facility - SWR magazine

• Aug 19 - Clarington incinerator set to emit more pollutants than originally thought - Metroland (Hatherly)

• Aug 19 - Trash and Burn (Covanta seeks funds for waste-to-energy plants) - The Capitol (Lentz)

• Aug 18 - Angry protestors disrupt Durham incinerator groundbreaking - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Aug 18 - Opponents protest incinerator groundbreaking - Metroland YORK (Gilligan)

• Aug 18 - Protesters Want Trash Plant Out of Hartford - North Branford Patch (Moran) (also video)

• Aug 18 - Ground breaking for controversial incinerator - Clarington.com (not a word on the protest)

• Aug 20 - Hartford businesses want power plant shut - Hartford Business (Kane)

• Aug 17 - Residents fuming over EFW facility - Oshawa Express Editorial

• Aug 17 - Protesters show up at incinerator groundbreaking event in Courtice - City TV News (Talbot) + video

• Aug 17 - Protesters crash ground opening of incinerator facility - CTV Toronto (Musselman) + video

• Aug 17 - Durham breaks ground on controversial incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Aug 17 - Waste-to-energy plant gets green light for construction - Power Engineering Magazine

• Aug 17 - Covanta Energy Receives Notice to Proceed for the Construction of the Durham York Energy Centre - PR Newswire

• Aug 17 - US fine reignites anger over Durham's incinerator plans - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Aug 17 - Anger over \'invite-only\' decision - Oshawa Express

• Aug 17 - Protesters Want Trash Plant Out of Hartford - Farmington Patch (Moran)

• Aug 16 - Proposed architectural enhancements for Clarington incinerator revealed - Metroland (Hatherly)

• Aug 12 - Covanta pays $400,000 penalty in Connecticut dioxins case - Times Union (Nearing)

• Aug 11 - Critics plan to crash trash party - Torstar Metro News

• Aug 10 - EFW gets the final go ahead - Orono Times (Brown)

• Aug 10 - Critics threaten to crash incinerator party - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Aug 10 - Lawsuit against Durham incinerator delayed - Metroland

• Aug 3 - An afternoon with the proposed incinerator - Oshawa Express (Zochodne)

• Aug 3 - A breath of fresh-er air - Oshawa Express (Zochodne)

• Aug 2 - Burning garbage is unsustainable and unimaginative - Vancouver Observer (West)

• July 28 - Air pollution may be ‘health timebomb’ for London’s deprived children - Ecologist Magazine

• July 27 - Legal action fires up over incinerator - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• July 27 - Six years later, Durham incinerator approved - Metroland (Gilligan)

• July 27 - PREVENT CANCER NOW warns B.C. residents about the Health Risks of Incineration - PCN Media Release

• July 26 - Group files lawsuit over Durham incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• July 26 - Durham gives go-ahead to burn its trash - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• July 26 - Waste plant proposal is in wrong place, at wrong time, for wrong reasons - Derby Telegraph (Black)

• July 24 - Incinerator suit launched - Metroland

• July 15 - Settlement Reached with Covanta for Air Emissions Violations - Connecticut Dept of Environmental Protection

• July 6 - Creeping closer to construction - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• July 6 - Co-owners disagreeing on the agreement - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• June 30 - Durham delays final incinerator approval - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 30 - Focus on incinerator oversight in Clarington - Metroland editorial

• June 24 - Residents still expressing concern over Clarington incinerator air pollution control plans - Metroland (Hatherly)

• June 16 - Clarington finalizes stance on incinerator air pollution control plans - Metroland (Hatherly)

• June 8 - Clarington council delays vote on peer review of incinerator plans - Metroland (O'Meara)

• June 7 - Durham Region praise for federal budget - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 20 - Physicians for Social Responsibility Warn of Incinerator Health Hazards - Incinerator Free Mecklenburg

• May 10 - Trash incineration isn't renewable energy - Baltimore Sun (Platt)

• May 9 -  O'Malley should trash the waste-to-energy bill - Baltimore Sun (Editorial)

• Mar 23 - Clarington's Earth Hour has expired - Orono Times editorial (Zwart)

• April 7 - Durham cancels incinerator speaking plan - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 1 - Durham councillors get incineration education - Metroland (Gilligan)

• March 29 - Clarington turns down clean air bylaw - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Mar 16 - Durham councillors to go to incinerator school - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Mar 15 - Durham to provide free copies of incinerator document - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Mar 15 - Cost of EFW document sparks debate - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Mar 15 - Council to talk incinerator March 25 - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Mar 14 - Durham councillors will get incineration education March 25 - Metroland

• Mar 9 - Clarington host agreement not the key to stopping incinerator - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Mar 8 - Clarington citizens protest incinerator - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Mar 8 - Last step before construction launches - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Mar 2 - Clarington seeks to clear the air on pollution bylaw request - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Feb 22 - Council getting schooled - Oshawa Express (Richard)

• Feb 15 - Clarington councillor wants clean air bylaw - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Feb 10 - Clarington wants to shed light on closed-door incinerator talks - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Feb 9 - Council continues chasing clarity - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• Feb 9 - Council to tweak procedural by-law - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• Feb 3 - Clarington decides not to go to court to challenge incinerator host agreement - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Feb 2 - Council flip� flops on HCA review - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Feb 2 - Region aims for 3.15�]percent tax increase - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Feb 2 - Councillors need to find some common ground - Orono Times editorial (Zwart)

• Feb 2 - Clarington incinerator a done deal, Durham chairman tells council - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Jan 29 - Residents barred from incinerator committee meeting complain to Clarington council - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Jan 26 - Durham threatens Clarington with $46-million lawsuit - Metroland (O`Meara)

• Jan 26 - Is Clarington Council tough enough to stand up to the Region? - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 26 - Region warns Council not to delay - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 26 - $100,000 club doubles - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 20 - Incinerator foes fired up over closed-door meeting - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Jan 19 - Clarington asks Region to make incinerator meetings public - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Jan 19 - Council demands more clarity on HCA - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 19 - 10-minute time limit restored by Council - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 19 - Council gets its first look at 2011 budget - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Jan 18 - Clarington will ask court if it can break its promise to host incinerator - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Jan 12 - Clarington incinerator options discussed in closed meeting - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Jan 6 - Clear agenda sets stage for busy year in Clarington - Metroland

• Jan 5 - Durham incinerator construction should start in spring - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Jan 4 - Mayor's New Year's resolutions for Clarington - Metroland (O'Meara)

 2010

• Dec 31 - Italy set to ban plastic bags - Toronto Sun (Reuters)

• Dec 30 - Courtice incinerator a done deal and our newsmaker of the year - Metroland (Szekely)

• Dec 30 - Incinerator issue in Durham burned throughout 2010 - Metroland Editorial

• Dec 30 - Last Michigan-bound garbage truck on the way - Toronto Sun (Peat)

• Dec 29 - Goodbye, foreign landfill - Toronto Star (Moloney)

• Dec 29 - T.O. trash to Michigan ends Thursday - Toronto Sun (Peat)

• Dec 23 - Incinerator report to bypass Clarington CAO - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Dec 15 - Anderson gets 4th term as Regional Chair - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Dec 15 - Councillors take another look at host agreement - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Dec 15 - Lucrative Veridian board positions still undecided - Orono Times (Zwart)

• Dec 15 - Veridian selection process broken - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• Dec 14 - Clarington one step forward, one step back with Veridian board appointments - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Dec 9 - Waste to Energy Incinerator Dropped in Georgia - Waste Management World  New

• Nov 29 - Incinerator plan moves forward - York Region (Fleischer)

• Nov 29 - Environment group cancels Durham chairman debate - Metroland

• Nov 26 - Two face off for Durham Region chairman's job - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 25 - Anderson signs incinerator agreement - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 24 - Chairman will decide 'soon' on Clarington incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 23 - A Hasty Decision for Waste - Oshawa Express Editorial

• Nov 22 - Durham politicians could delay incinerator - York Region (Fleischer)

• Nov 19 - Durham incinerator approved by Province - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 19 - Durham politicians could delay incinerator - Metroland York Region (Fleischer)

• Nov 18 - Durham’s trash-to-energy plant awaits a signature - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Nov 17 - Two-man race for position of Durham Regional chairman - Metroland (Szekely)

• Nov 16 - Former Scugog mayor says no to running for Durham chair Metroland (Hall)

• November - Harrisburg's Failed Infrastructure Project - Governing (Buntin)

• Nov 13 - Durham waste plant could be approved before new council convenes - Globe & Mail (Merringer)

• Nov 13 - Clarington mayor has burning questions over incinerator - Globe & Mail (Merringer)

• Nov 13 - Another Queen's Park eco-mess - Toronto Sun (Artuso)

• Oct 28 - Mayor-elect Foster looks ahead for Clarington - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Oct 20 - Clarington mayor's emergency public safety meeting draws fire - Metroland (O'Meara)

  • March 31/05 - Fired, and rehired, firefighter wins three days back in arbitration hearing - Metroland

• Oct 19 - York Region earns passing grade on environment - York Region (Fleischer)

• Oct 16 - Massive cost of NIMBYism in Ontario - Toronto Sun (Snobelen)

• Oct 13 - Shutdown of World’s Largest Waste Incinerator - Detroit

• Oct 13 - Snuffed - With no fanfare, Detroit's incinerator quietly shuts down - Metro Times (News Staff)

• Sept 30 - Clarington mayoral candidates discuss incineration - Video

• Sept 22 - Incinerator issue expected to dominate Clarington election - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Sept 17 - Incinerator delayed until 2014 - York Region (Fleischer)

• Sept 10 - Clarington mayoral candidates face off on incinerator, property taxes, jobs and accountability - Metroland (O'Meara)

• Sept 5 - Ontario waste program under attack - Toronto Sun (Artuso)

• Aug 2 - Don’t burn it, don’t bury it: Vancouver seeks novel ways of dealing with trash - Globe & Mail (Bula)

• July 11 - Ajax staff to pitch in and reduce waste - Metroland (Szekely)

• July 8 - Metro Vancouver waste-to-energy incinerator opponents fired up for a fight - Straight Talk Vancouver

• July 8 - Waste diversion on the rise in north Durham - Metroland

• July 8 - Less is more for residents in north, east Durham - Metroland

• July 8 - New eco fees catch Ontario consumers by surprise - Toronto Star (McLean)

• June 30 - Proposed energy from waste plant eyes Port Hope industrial park - Northumberland News (Lloyd)

• June 26 - Durham wants to know what's in the garbage - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 17 - Incinerator draws fire in Durham - Toronto Sun (Godfrey)

• Summer 2010 - Air Pollution Monitoring - Watershed Sentinel (Stevens & Broten)

• June 7 - Durham's emission targets defended as 'very aggressive' - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 7 - Ontario Conservative MPP questions new WDO legislation - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

• June 4 - Durham incinerator fight getting testy - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 3 - Work together on Clarington wind farms study proposal - Metroland

• May 27 - Durham setting targets to reduce carbon emissions - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 20 - Courtice incinerator opponents take fight to the minister - Metroland (O'Meara)

• May 19 - The fight is not over ~Woo - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• May 19 - Committee rejects community's pleas to keep Highland Creek incinerator operating - Inside Toronto 

• May 16 - How Harrisburg Incinerator may burn municipal investors - MSNBC (Lambert)

• May 13 - Babies are polluted at birth, new report says - PBS (LeBlanc)

• May 13 - Coquitlam seeks regional waste alternatives to incinerators - Straight Talk Vancouver

• May 12 - Special report: The incinerator that may burn municipal investors - Reuters (Lambert)

• May 9 - Recycled computers, televisions still ending up in dumps - Toronto Star (Welsh)

• May 5 - All roads lead to the incinerator - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• May 4 - Let's trash region's plan to incinerate garbage - The Province (Lewis) Vancouver

• May 1 - Lower Mainland leaders talk trash in Langley - Langley Times (Anderson)

• Apr 28 - INCINERATORS: MYTHS vs. FACTS - April 2010 - GAIA

• Apr 19 - Air pollution limits tightened on Baltimore incinerator - Baltimore Sun (Wheeler)

• Apr 19 - 5 burning issues for voters in Durham Region - Toronto Star (Gombu)

• Apr 17 - Burning Trash: Solution or Problem? - New York Times, Letters to the Editor response to article

• Apr 13 - Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags - New York Times (Rosenthal)

• Apr 11 - Greenpeace opposes incinerator - Toronto Star (Martin) - response to Porter articles

• Apr 8 - Don’t Burn Garbage! - Dr.Paul Johnston, Principal Scientist, Greenpeace Research Laboratories (response to April 4 Toronto Star article)

• April 5 - Oshawa councillors want legal opinion on incinerator contract - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 4 - Will burning Durham's garbage make us sick? - Toronto Star (Porter)

• April 3 - Incineration: a recycling killer? - Toronto Star (Porter)

• April 2 - Landfill or incineration: the climate change dilemma - Toronto Star (Porter)

• Mar 26 - Courtice incinerator opponents turn up the heat, as comment deadline looms Metroland (O'Meara)

• Mar 24 - New Brunswick kills controversial power deal with Hydro-Québec - Globe and Mail (McCarthy/Seguin)

• Mar 24 - WIN! NB Power sale scrapped! - Council of Canadians

• Mar 20 - China's urban elite fights trash wars - Reuters (Graham-Harrison)

• Mar 19 - Standing ovation as health fears halt waste plant bid - Derby Telegraph (U.K.)

• Mar 17 - EPA's commitment to keeping children safe from toxic chemicals has lapsed - USA Today (Morrison)

• Mar 15 - Metro Vancouver plan to burn trash for energy 'not advisable': study - 'The Province' Canwest (Luba)

• Mar 15 - Annie Leonard's Got the Right Stuff - Globe and Mail (Hampson)

• Mar 13 - Dramatic decline of male births in indigenous communities tied to industrial pollution - Terri Hansen, Indian Country Today correspondent

• Mar 12 - Incinerator project explained by mayor - Post News (MacDuff) - Grey Bruce

• Mar 11 - Energy-from-waste decision - Scugog Standard, John O'Toole, MPP

• Mar 7 - Burn plants seem cleaner, but facts debated - Poughkeepsie Journal (Pfeiffer)

• Mar 7 - Critics rip agency as recycling falters - Poughkeepsie Journal (Pfeiffer)

• Mar 4 - Keep up the fight, say Clarington incinerator foes - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Mar 3 - Anger mounts over Durham incinerator plan - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• Mar 2 - Clarington council won't seek legal opinion after all - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 27 - Environmental assessment for Durham incinerator proceeds - Metroland

• Feb 23 - Clarington councillors seek a legal opinion on incinerator - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 17 - Clarington election issues are many, survey indicates - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 12 - Clarington won't have incinerator reviewed ... yet - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 5 - Port Perry retiree takes up fight against incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Feb 5 - These people are trying to Make A Difference - Metroland

• Feb 5 - To Make A Difference you must stick with it for the long haul - Metroland

• Feb 4 - Town passes air quality by-law - North Oakville Today (Holroyd)

• Feb 2 - Oakville passes air quality bylaw - Oakville Beaver (Arnott)

• Feb 1 - Waste-to-energy incineration is both noxious and expensive CPPA Monitor (Nelson)

• Jan 29 - Durham incinerator will be 'major polluter' - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Jan 29 - Clarington considers asking for incinerator peer reviews - Metroland (Stone)

• Jan 27 - Stand up and be heard - Metroland (Burghardt)

• Jan 21 - Durham likes new provincial waste plan - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Jan 20 - REM Wesleyville Project - Renewable Energy Management Inc

• Jan 20 - Port Hope takes closer look at proposed energy-from-waste facility - Northumberland News (Beneteau)

• Jan 12 - Oshawa reaffirms support for electing regional chairman - Metroland (Follert)

• Jan 10 - A solution made in Niagara - The Standard (Van Dongen)

• Waste-to-Energy Part 3 - Incineration - Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel, March/April 2010

• Waste-To-Energy, Part 2 - Covanta - Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel, Jan/Feb 2010

• Incinerators - Waste-to-Energy Proposals - Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel, November/December, 2009

  2009

• Dec 15/09 - Town requests new provincial regulation for airborne fine particulate matter - Oakville

• Dec 9/09 - Approvals move forward, but construction on hold, for OPG office building in Clarington - Metroland (Stone)

• Nov 26/09 - Environmental Commissioner says Courtice incinerator best of two bad technologies - Metroland (Stone)

• Nov 24/09 - Durham incinerator review 'on time and budget' - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Nov 19/09 - Low-temperature gasification plant planned for Port Hope - Northumberland News (O'Meara)

• Oct 24/09 - Uxbridge improves landfill diversion rate - Metroland (Hayward)

• Oct 10/09 - Ajax sheds its e-waste at recycling event - Metroland (Rivett)

• Oct 5/09 - York firm dumps trash bound for green plan - Toronto Star (Welsh)

• Oct 4/09 - Green Bin Blues - Toronto Star Editorial

• Sept 27/09 - Recycling, composting in Scugog skyrockets - Metroland (Hall)

• Sept 24/09 - Scugog off to quick start in new waste diversion effort - Port Perry Star

• Sept 23/09 - Councillor doesn't want to 'close door' on whether weather station comes to Clarington - Metroland (Stone)

• Sept 19/09 - Talking to Durham about using incinerator normal: Anderson - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Sept 19/09 - Regional chairman should stay the course on made-in-Durham solution - Metroland Editorial

• Sept 15/09 - Durham aiming for no waste by 2038 - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Sept 2/09 - UK Government 'misleading' public on air pollution - Ecologist

• Aug 27/09 - GARBAGE IN / ENERGY OUT - Globe & Mail (McCarthy)

• Aug 14/09 - Use proper compost bags to do your part for the environment - Metroland Editorial

• Aug 12/09 - Durham wants residents to use proper compost bags - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Aug 11/09 - Clarington wins appeal regarding auto auction storage - Metroland (Stone)

• Aug 6/09 - South Oshawa fire contents surprise neighbouring business (recyclables) - Metroland (Crimi)

• Aug 5/09 - Energy-from-waste facility pushing on - Oshawa Express (Strachan)

• Aug 3/09 - Oregon couple trying to go 'trash free' for a whole year - KWG Portland News (Heartquist)

• July 29/09 - Durham Region to present incinerator plan to Province on Friday - Metroland (Gilligan)

• July 22/09 - Clarington asks Durham to look at 'No Waste by '38' policy - Metroland (Stone)

• July 15/l09 - Making the shift away from plastic in Whitby - Metroland (Pessian)

• July 14/09 - Toronto trash not heading to Clarington, mayors confirm - Metroland (Stone)

• July 14/09 - Durham's MPPs weigh in on incinerator plan - Metroland (Hall)

• July 14/09 - No waste by 2038 - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• July 14/09 - Green Initiatives a Wash - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• July 13/09 - Could Toronto trash be heading to Clarington? - Metroland (Stone)

• July 13/09 - Durham clear bag pilot program shows modest increase in recycling, composting rates - Metroland (Szekely)

• July 9/09 - Ajax boots bottled water from Town facilities - Metroland (Szekely)

• July 8/09 - Oshawa to tackle incinerator battle - Oshawa Express (Cole)

• July 6/09 - Covanta to buy facilities from Veolia subsidiary - Reuters (Roychoudhury)

• July 4/09 - Green bins: A wasted effort? - Toronto Star (Welsh)

• July 4/09 - Durham OKs incinerator, Brock reps vote to support the Clarington-based facility- Metroland (Gilligan)

• July 2/09 - Clarington three keep EFW on track - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• July 2/09 - Bracken vows to keep fighting - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• July 2/09 - Region okays EFW - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• July 1/09 - Mother sobs as votes are tallied - Oshawa Express (Strachan)

• July 1/09 - What is council thinking? - Oshawa Express Editorial

• June 30/09 - Scugog mayor "very comfortable" with incinerator endorsement - Metroland (Hall)

• June 26/09 - Durham okays incinerator firm despite fears - Toronto Star (Funston)

• June 25/09 - Durham approves Clarington incinerator - Toronto Star (Funston)

• June 25/09 - Garbage incinerator proposal for Durham Region approved - Metroland

• June 24/09 - Incineration opponents call for referendum in Durham Region - Metroland

• June 24/09 - Durham councillors told incinerator process is flawed - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 24/09 - Durham council considering incinerator today - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 23/09 - Clarington local reps fire one last volley of opposition to incineration -Metroland (Stone)

• June 20/09 - Chinese drywall creating crisis - Toronto Star (Aaron)

• June 18/09 - Let's put a stop to an incinerator in Clarington - Metroland - Shania Kelley (guest column)

• June 18/09 - Syracuse incinerator fight 'changed me', New York woman says - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 18/09 - A tour of an incinerator in Syracuse, New York - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 18/09 - Opponents to incineration will win battles, not the war - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 18/09 - Running the Covanta facility in New York - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 17/09 - Durham committee approves incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 17/09 - Incinerator draws fire in Durham - Toronto Sun (Godfrey)

• June 17/09 - Clarington incinerator gets Durham nod - Toronto Star (Funston)

• June 17/09 - Covanta Energy defends record on garbage incineration - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 17/09 - Most of the 80 delegations at council meeting voice objections to energy-from-waste facility - Toronto Star (Funston)

• June 17/09 - Incinerator foes begin to lose hope - Detroit News (Lynch)

• June 17/09 - Clarington council meetings double in length this term - Metroland (Stone)

• June 16/09 - Opponents of incineration urge Durham Region not to approve plan to burn garbage - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 16/09 - Durham incineration meeting draws dozens of speakers - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 16/09 - Clarington incinerator safe, say consultants - Metroland (Stone)

• June 16/09 - Incinerator front and centre as Durham Region committee meets - Metroland

• June 13/09 - Company tries to cash in on carbon currency - Toronto Star (Hamilton)

• June 11/09 - Student's push for school composting deserves an A-plus - Metroland Editorial

• June 10/09 - Ajax student pushes for green bins in schools - Metroland (Stanois)

• June 4/09 - Clarington councillors fire up incineration fight - Metroland (Gilligan)

• June 1/09 - Foes, supporters of incineration address Durham committee - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 27/09 - Standing room only at Newcastle anti-incineration meeting - Metroland (Stone)

• May 27/09 - Region's deal leads some to believe Clarington could get garbage from everywhere - Metroland (Stone)

• May 27/09 - First draft of the full Durham/York Residual Waste Study EA released - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• May 27/09 - Slow Burn - Detroit Metro Times

• May 22/09 - Courtice incinerator topic of meeting in Newcastle Tuesday - Metroland

• May 21/09 - Incinerator 'not a done deal' - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• May 21/09 - Protestors take to streets against incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 20/09 - Incinerator protestors hit the streets - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May20/09 - Clarington incinerator won't 'adversely affect' environment: consultant - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 20/09 - Clarington open for Garbage - Orono Times Editorial

• May 19/09 - Clarington now a willing host to incinerator  - Metroland (Stone)

• May 15/09 - Incinerator on the table at Clarington council this morning - Metroland (Follert)

• May 14/09 - Clarington meeting draws hundreds to protest incinerator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 13/09 - Clarington maintains unwilling host status for now - Orono Weekly Times (Zwart)

• May 13/09 - Into the Fire - Detroit Metro Times

• May 12/09 - Clarington delays vote on incinerator host status - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 11/09 - Group protests change in Clarington incinerator stance - Metroland (Gilligan)

• May 8/09 - Clarington to reconsider incinerator unwilling host status - Metroland (Stone)

• May 7/09 - Zero waste is 'not some 60s' hippy kind of thing,' Clarington told - Metroland (Stone)

• May 7/09 - Studies on Clarington incinerator find limited impact - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 30/09 - Residents question Clarington mayor's motives on incinerator agreement - Metroland (Stone)

• April 30/09 - Old electronics accepted for recycling in Pickering - Metroland (Calis)

• April 29/09 - Waste facility vendor named - Oshawa Express (Strachan)

• April 29/09 - Public meeting on Clarington incinerator on May 12 - Metroland

• April 25/09 - Energy-from-waste plan stalled - Peterborough Examiner (Eagle)

• April 23/09 - Durham approves incinerator builder, operator - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 18/09 - `Inconvenient Truth' opened Whitby man's green eyes - Toronto Star (Vyhnak)

• April 18/09 - U.S. company tapped to build Clarington incinerator - Toronto Star (Hamilton)

• April 16/09 - Scrapyard owner says Municipal litigation bad for Clarington's business - Metroland (Stone)

• April 16/09 - Sidebar: The Hale landfill keeps rising from the rubbish - Metroland (Stone)

• April 15/09 - Region chooses incinerator vendor - Kawartha.com (Gilligan)

• April 14/09 - Incinerator vendor chosen by Durham - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 14/09 - Incinerator passes another hurdle - Metroland VIDEO (Mainse)

• April 14, 09 - Clarington incinerator debate ongoing - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 13/09 - Preferred Clarington incinerator vendor selected - Metroland

• April 11/09 - Green Bin waste sent to landfill - Toronto Star (Swainson)

• April 9/09 - Durham getting money to recycle electronic waste - Metroland

• April 9/09 - Poor pay price of progress in India - Toronto Star (Westhead)

• April 7/09 - Region in a giving mood when it comes to compost - Metroland

• April 6/09 - Kenya turns trash into good fortune - Toronto Star (Moody)

• April 3/09 - Durham at 50, aiming for 70 - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 3/09 - More incinerator testing could be ordered - Metroland (Gilligan)

• April 3/09 - Region keeps 10-minute speaking rule - Metroland  (Gilligan)

• April 1/09 - Garbage trucks gone missing in Port Perry - Metroland (Hall)

• Mar 24/09 - Clarington wants peer reviews of incinerator studies - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Mar 17/09 - No air sampling after incinerator built in Durham - Metroland (Gilligan)

• Mar 17/09 - Worst trash offenders in Northern Ontario - Canadian Press (Oliveira)

• Mar 17/09 - T.O. trash talk working - Sun Media (Weese)

• Mar 13/09 - Detroit task force seeks to close incinerator - The Detroit News (Lynch)

  • Apr 30/08 - (revisited) Detroit Incinerator's long-simmering opposition - Detroit Metro Times (Guyette)

• March 11/09 - City considers disintigration technology to address waste - Kawartha Lakes (Whitnall)

• Mar 5/09 - Take incinerator, get serviced lands, chairman tells Clarington - Metroland (Stone)

• March 1/09 - Circular File: Edifice Complex - Waste Age Magazine (Miller)

• March 1/09 - SouthCoast towns face trash fee increase (Covanta) - New Bedford Standard-Times (Anderson)

• Feb 26/09 - Durham tops in waste diversion - Metroland (Szekely)

• Feb 24/09 - Durham releases environmental studies on incineration site - Metroland (Szekely)

• Feb 20/09 - When politics become personal - Metroland (Mitchell)

• Feb 19/09 -  Civil Liberties Association steps in to council-citizen battle - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 16/09 - Clarington councillors gag outspoken resident - Toronto Star (Vhynak)

• Feb 9/09 - Oshawa woman has blue box blues - Metroland (Szekely)

• Feb 9/09 - Uxbridge's MPP delivers praise, thoughts during visit  - Metroland (Hayward)

• Feb 9/09 - WASTE MANAGEMENT : Low trash price leaves mess for cities - Toronto Star (Welsh)

• Feb 6/09 - Anti-incineration group holding a forum  - Metroland (Stone)

• Feb 3/09 - Zero waste event slated for Ajax  - Metroland (Stone)

• Jan 22/09 - Producers should pay for packaging: Region - Metroland

• Jan 21/09 - What businesses are doing to reduce packaging waste - Metroland (Mancini)

• Jan 20/09 - Pickering school cleans up - Metroland (Crimi)

• Jan 14/09 - Council talks trash  - Metroland (Stone)

• Jan 7/09 - Energy from waste: Wasted debate - Oshawa Express

  2008

• Dec 2/08 - Zero waste means taking responsibility for garbage - Metroland (Szekely)

• Nov 28/08 - Economic crisis puts Toronto in recycling crunch - Globe and Mail (Gray)  

• Nov 27/08 - Municipality not satisfied with St. Marys alternative fuel - Metroland (Stone)  

• Nov 19/08 - Environmental group calls for landfill investigation - Metroland (Follert)  

• Nov 19/08 - Forum on Zero Waste set for Courtice - Metroland (Stone) 

• Nov 6/08 - Minister's letter promotes zero waste evolution, says Newcastle resident - Metroland (Stone)  

• Oct 29/08 - Clarington to get less than expected from Regional mega-project - Metroland (Stone)

• Oct 20/08 - DEP FINES COVANTA FOR AIR PERMIT VIOLATIONS - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• Oct 9/08 - Region looks for best practices for incinerator monitoring - Metroland (Szekely)

• Aug 28/08 - Region requests proposals to build incinerator - Metroland

• Aug 25/08 - Sault Ste Marie signs MOU with EnQuest - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

• Aug 22/08 - Pellet factory's garbage-into-energy plan stalls - Toronto Star 

• Aug 20/08 - Incinerator bids sought in Durham - Toronto Star  

• Aug 16/08 - Garbage may fuel fire at cement plant  - Metroland

• Aug 13/08 - A working paper (on Halifax Landfill) - Orono Times Editorial 

• Aug 12/08 - Campaign encourages consumers to choose tap water - Metroland

• July 23/08 - Total Landfill - Orono Weekly Times Editorial ***** 

• July 22/08 - Activists Squat Newhaven Incinerator Site in Protest - Indymedia UK

• July 22/08 - Germany runs out of coveted garbage - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

• July 22/08 - Incinerator plan raises pollution and traffic fears - The Irish Times

• July 20/08 - Niagara and Hamilton put incineration idea on ice - Metroland

• July 20/08 - Electronics recycling program welcome in Durham  - Metroland

• July 16/08 - Clarington residents really Pitched-In - Metroland 

• July 15/08 - Did McDonald's give Sheffield's incinerator indigestion? (Veolia) - UKWIN

• July 11/08 - Hamilton-Niagara Incinerator plans abandoned - Niagara Region and the City of Hamilton   See also Niagara-Hamilton Waste Plan Staff Report

• July 11/08 - Friendly competition should lead to less waste, more diversion - Metroland Editorial  

• July 11/08 - Sludge Plant Tour (Sludge incineration plant - Peel) - Toronto Star Video

• July 10/08 - Micro materials could pose major health risks - Globe and Mail 

• July 10/08 - Incinerator site liaison committee members wanted - Metroland  

• July 10/08 - Ontario plans electronics recycling fee - Globe and Mail  

• July 9/08 - Burning trash no money maker - Surrey North Delta Leader   

• July 8/08 - Composting project could spark county program - Northumberland News

• July 7/08 - SALE OF BELLEDUNE INCINERATOR IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BENNETT'S FAILURE - Environnement Vie (New Brunswick)  

  • 2004 - Belledune/Bennett incinerator being built in the Bay of Chaleurs - Mostly Water

• July 7/08 - Looking at waste in a new way - St. Catharines Standard

• July 7/08 - Ottawa city council votes in favour of plasma gasification - Daily Commercial News 

• July 5/08 - Clarington's Official Plan is under review - Metroland 

• July 5/08 - Pick up the boxes you make, firms told - Toronto Sun

• July 4/08 - City wants to divert 60 per cent of non-residential waste by 2015 - Ottawa Citizen  

• July 3/08 - Producers should pay to dispose of packaging - Metroland Editorial

• July 3/08 - Taking the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) - Metroland

• July 3/08 - Turning junk into joy (Envirosponsible) - Metroland Business 

• July 3/08 - Region looks to increase waste diversion rate by 2010 - Orono Weekly Times

• July 3/08 - Panel OKs tax break for Plasco Energy - Ottawa Citizen

• July 2/08 - RecycleBank expands service to the Midwest - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

• July 2/08 - City to capitalize on methane gas from dump - Metroland (Peterborough)

• July 2/08 - Garbage In, Megawatts Out - Technology Review

• July 2/08 - Work on Duleek incinerator to begin in August - Meath Chronicle (Ireland) 

• July 1/08 - Student finds way to decompose plastic bags in months - Toronto Sun

• July 1/08 - Simcoe County Zero Waste Coalition formed - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

• June 30/08 - 'What's in the soil, what's in the water, what's in the food' - Metroland

• June 30/08 - Landfill Gas-to-Energy  - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

• June 30/08 - Ottawa approves Plasco plan - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

• June 30/08 - Report card says Canada's standing slipping - Vancouver Sun 

• June 30/08 - Wanted: people interested in joining incinerator community advisory group - Metroland  

• June 27/08 - Landfill gas collection now mandatory - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

• June 27/08 - Clarington councillors offer mixed review of stabilized landfill - Metroland

• June 27/08 - Resident points out incinerator dangers - The Scugog Standard 

• June 26/08 - A burning issue for Scugog - Port Perry Star

• June 26/08 - LANDFILL GAS COLLECTION NOW MANDATORY - Ontario Ministry of the Environment 

• June 25/08 - EFW criteria compromised according to councillor -  Orono Weekly Times

• June 25/08 - Nova Scotia landfill site a turn-off for Trim -  Orono Weekly Times

• June 25/08 - Clarington Council 2008 Report Cards -  Metroland Opinion

• June 25/08 - Council must pull together (Report Card) - Metroland Editorial

• June 24/08 - Halifax stabilized landfill draws mixed reviews - Metroland

• June 22/08 - Feds challenged in court on climate change law - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine 

• June 20/08 - Producers should pay to dispose of packaging - Metroland Editorial

• June 14/08 - Zero waste Dream on stupid Birkenstocker Or maybe, just maybe... -Globe and Mail (John Barber)

• June 13/08 - Smog Advisory: Air quality approaching poor reading - Metroland

• June 12/08 - Vaughan firm hauls trash to U.S. by train - Toronto Star

• June 12/08 - Dump tour trashed - Toronto Sun

• June 12/08 - Delegates speak of possible waste alternatives - Metroland 

• June 12/08 - Zero waste better than incineration, say environmentalists - Metroland

• June 11/08 - Councillors criticized for not protecting health - Orono Weekly Times

• June 11/08 - Ontario Zero Waste Coalition announced - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine

• June 10/08 - Full-size Plasco plant gets OK - Ottawa Citizen

• June 9/08 - Plasco plant awaits serious testing - Ottawa Citizen

• June 8/08 - Clarington host community agreement may be delayed until fall - Metroland

• June 8/08 - All of Europe getting a whiff of Naples garbage problem - International Herald Tribune

• June 7/08 - Smog could be hazard this weekend - Toronto Sun

• June 6/08 - Region to send 17 to visit Halifax landfill - Metroland

• June 6/08 - Energy-from-waste is a go - The Scugog Standard

• June 6/08 - Regional council approves incineration business case - Metroland (Brock)

• June 5/08 - Region to pilot clear garbage bag program - Metroland

• June 5/08 - Clear garbage bags: the issues - Metroland

• June 3/08 - Electronic waste diversion vital next step for Ontario - Toronto Star

• May 31/08 - Detroit waste authority says it won't renew incinerator lease - The Detroit News

• May 31/08 - Edmonton wastes no time in reaching No. 1 - Globe and Mail

• May 30/08 - Clarington punts it back to the Region - Metroland

• May 29/08 - Incineration business case approved - Metroland

• May 29/08 - Durham incinerator clears key hurdle - Toronto Star

• May 28/08 - City proves owning its own landfill is not a waste of money - John Barber, Globe and Mail

• May 28/08 - States dig heels in over waste recycling targets - Ends Europe Daily

• May 28/08 - Report Contends That Recycling Is Not So Wasteful - New York Times

• May 27/08 - Clarington's unwilling host status being used as a 'bargaining chip' say residents - Metroland

• May 26/08 - Support for energy from waste is long overdue - Toronto Star  

• May 23/08 - Clarington tells Region they want better offer - Metroland  

• May 23/08 - The choice in Durham Region is rubbish - John Barber, Globe and Mail 

• May 23/08 - EFW - The business case debate - Metroland

• May 23/08 - Incineration business case benefits all taxpayers: Chairman - Metroland

• May 22/08 - Incineration business case heads to Regional council - Metroland   

• May 21/08 - Incinerator business case challenged - Metroland  

• May 17/08 - Incinerator would cost $198 million - Metroland  

• May 16/08 - Incineration cheaper than landfill says business case - Metroland 

• May 14/08 - New procedural bylaw questioned - Metroland 

• May 10/08 - No support for shortening mayor's stint as Green Living committee chairman - Metroland 

• May 10/08 - Those plastics you dutifully recycle? They're shipped to China - John Barber, Globe and Mail  

• May 9/08 - Council passes emissions criteria for incinerator - Metroland

• May 9/08 - Residents say they won't pay for audits - Metroland

• May 7/08 - Council rejects offer of free help - Orono Weekly Times 

• May 7/08 - Landfills safer than in past, say MOE reps - Metroland

• May 7/08 - A City Committed to Recycling Is Ready for More - New York Times 

• May 7/08 - Where does John O'Toole stand on incineration? - Metroland

• May 4/08 - Changing the rules to accommodate himself is wrong - Metroland Editorial 

• May 4/08 - Politicians hit bottom - Toronto Star Editorial

• May 4/08 - A tax on carbon worthy of debate - Toronto Star

• May 3/08 - Who will buy York's waste pellets?  - Toronto Star

• May 2/08 - Letters to the editor, to council decry mayor - Metroland

• Apr 30/08 - Detroit Incinerator's long-simmering opposition - Detroit Metro Times

• Apr 30/08 - Decorum backlash - Orono Weekly Times

• Apr 30/08 - Mayor sits for six more months as interim Green chair - Orono Weekly Times

• Apr 30/08 - Rules change after what mayor calls a staff and council "oversight" - Metroland 

• Apr 27/08 - Recycling makes cents - Toronto Sun 

• Apr 27/08 - Let's talk trash - Toronto Sun 

• Apr 25/08 - Committee chairmanship rules to change - Metroland 

• Apr 24/08 - Former mayor has concerns about current council workings - John Mutton, Clarington 

• Apr 24/08 - One delegation booted, two required to write apology letters - Metroland

• Apr 24/08 - Maximum standards should be used for incinerator, say residents - Metroland

• Apr 23/08 - Public information session on EFW one step closer - Orono Weekly Times 

• Apr 23/08 - Mayor defends decorum in council chambers - Orono Weekly Times

• Apr 23/08 - Clarington to look into incineration panel discussion - Metroland 

• Apr 22/08 - Incinerator business case delayed - Metroland 

• Apr 22/08 - District heating not a good fit here, says delegate - Metroland

• Apr 21/08 - Speakers on incineration hard to find: Clarington mayor - Metroland 

• Apr 20/08 - Rules are rules and should be followed - Metroland Editorial

• Apr 20/08 - Smog advisory lifted - Metroland  

• Apr 20/08 - Smog advisory continues - Metroland 

• Apr 19/08 - Spring sunshine brings first air quality health warning - Globe and Mail  

• Apr 18/08 - Waste Incinerator is a real burning issue - Bristol Evening News 

• Apr 18/08 - Durham's first 2008 smog advisory - Metroland

• Apr 18/08 - Gasification could be a boon to area - Metroland   

• Apr 18/08 - County open to new waste technologies - Metroland  

• Apr 17/08 - Proposed emissions limits for incinerator released - Metroland  

• Apr 16/08 - Ignoring protocol is folly - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• Apr 16/08 - Mayor's Green Chair up in the air - Orono Weekly Times 

• Apr 16/08 - Mayor views debate as a waste - Orono Weekly Times 

• Apr 16/08 - Plasma plant could power Port Hope: council - Northumberland Today

• Apr 16/08 - Energy-from-waste company aims for 2010 start-up - Metroland

• Apr 15/08 - Advisory committee chairmanship up for debate - Metroland

• Apr 14/08 - Procedural bylaw stymieing comment: residents - Metroland

• Apr 11/08 - Energy-from-waste facility could come to Port Hope - Metroland 

• Apr 9/08 - It's debatable, say residents - Metroland

• Apr 9/08 - So, what's the waste answer, resident asks council - Metroland

• Apr 7/08 - Incinerator could handle 140,000 tonnes per year - Metroland 

• Apr 2/08 - Clarington ready for a waste challenge - Orono Weekly Times Editorial 

• Apr 2/08 - To debate or not to debate, that is the question - Metroland

• Apr 2/08 - What a bunch of garbage - Bill Fox, Oshawa Express Column

• Apr 1/08 - Recycling fees eyed for TVs, laptops (Provincial) - Toronto Star

• Mar 30/08 - Clarington's refusal to participate bad optics - Metroland Editorial 

• Mar 30/08 - New garbage service should be trashed - Metroland Editorial 

• Mar 28/08 - Regional council imbalance will correct itself: Roger Anderson - Metroland

• Mar 27/08 - Clarington gets $200,000 more for incineration review - Metroland  

• Mar 26/08 - We are not worthy, Clarington tells Whitby - Metroland Editorial, Jennifer Stone

• Mar 25/08 - What do your politicians make? - Metroland 

• Mar 25/08 - Durham council pay adds up to $1.4M - Metroland 

• Mar 25/08 - Local businesses still concerned after big stink at Miller - Metroland 

• Mar 20/08 - ***Waste collection changes coming - Metroland

• Mar 20/08 - Councillor says garbage policy stinks - Metroland

• Mar 18/08 - Clarington in line for $200k more for incinerator review - Metroland

• Mar 18/08 - What stinks? - Metroland  

• Mar 17/08 - Durham goes with Province's plan for household hazardous waste - Metroland

• Mar 17/08 - City officially pulls out of proposed Clarington incineration project over high fees - Peterborough Examiner

• Mar 16/08 - Air quality report too little, too late - Metroland Editorial

• Mar 14/08 - Growth and garbage tops Region's priorities - Metroland

• Mar 13/08 - See incinerator proposal through to the end, says Scugog's mayor - Metroland

• Mar 9/08 - Keep the focus where it should be: on health - Metroland Opinion Column

• Mar 7/08 - Climate change czar aims to paint province green - Toronto Star

• Mar 7/08 - Making a stink in Courtice - Metroland 

• Mar 6/08 - Air quality in York better than Clarington incinerator site - Metroland

• Mar 6/08 - Ottawa's green policies fail the grade in auditor's report - Toronto Star

• Mar 5/08 - Whitby waste challenge not a fair fight, say come Clarington councillors - Metroland

• Mar 5/08 - Dalhousie goes 'trayless' to save on water costs - CP/Globe & Mail

• Mar 4/08 - Polystyrene recycling plant reopens - The Mississauga News

• Mar 2/08 - Exploring incineration makes Region a leader: Anderson - Metroland  

• Mar 2/08 - Pickering supports Clarington's 'unwilling host' position - Metroland 

• Mar 2/08 - Region should pay balance on peer-review consultants bill - Metroland Editorial  

• Mar 2/08 - China bans imports of plastic bag, film waste - Plastics Industry News  

• Feb 29/08 - Fight against incinerator gathering support in Durham - Metroland 

• Feb 29/08 - 'Easy to say no' to incineration: Regional Chairman - Metroland  

• Feb 29/08 - Region gets tough on trash - Metroland (Opinion column)  

• Feb 28/08 - Region looks at clear garbage bags - Metroland 

• Feb 23/08 - Province looking at energy from waste, too - Metroland 

• Feb 22/08 - I-Team Update: Secrets In The Soil - CBS News, Fort Lauderdale 

• Feb 21/08 - Clean Up Plan For Ash Has Neighborhoods Patiently Waiting for Action - First Coast News, Jacksonville 

• Feb 21/08 - High Levels of Lead Found at First Coast School - Jacksonville, FL

• Feb 21/08 - Familiar arguments over B.C. incinerator visit - Metroland 

• Feb 21/08 - Is everyone following the rules? - Metroland 

• Feb 20/08 - Debate needed on EFW - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• Feb 20/08 - Councillors disagree on venue for info sessions - Orono Weekly Times

• Feb 20/08 - Ontario to explore turning trash into energy - Globe and Mail

• Feb 20/08 - Councillors report back on BC incinerator - Metroland

• Feb 15/08 - On incineration, we don’t speak Swedish - Metroland Column

• Feb 14/08 - Council 'not the right venue' for information sessions: councillors - Metroland   

• Feb 14/08 - Could incinerator heat GM? - Metroland

• Feb 13/08 - Incineration presentations in recess - Orono Weekly Times

• Feb 12/08 - Protesters brave the cold to say no to incineration - Metroland

• Feb 12/08 - Incineration meeting to be continued ... - Metroland

• Feb 12/08 - Private security hired for council meeting - Metroland

• Feb 12/08 - Garbage-incineration folly: It's anything but clean and progressive - Globe and Mail - John Barber 

• Feb 12/08 - Clarington position won't affect incinerator process: Anderson - Metroland  

• Feb 9/08 - Media release touts pro-incineration council guests - Metroland

• Feb 7/08 - Brash trash czar hired - Northumberland Independent

• Feb 4/08 - Uxbridge smokes out new policy - Metroland (Uxbridge)

• Feb 1/08 - Preferred site for incinerator approved - Metroland (Brock)

• Jan 30/08 - Where is our voice at Region - Orono Weekly Times

• Jan 30/08 - Clarington declares itself an unwilling host for EFW - Orono Weekly Times 

• Jan 30/08 - Region accepts Clarington site for EFW - Orono Weekly Times

• Jan 29/08 - Clarington declares unwillingness to host incinerator - Metroland 

• Jan 28/08 - Who's going to foot the bill - Metroland

• Jan 27/08 - Durham's burning issue - Toronto Sun

• Jan 25/08 - Incinerator approved, but opposition burns - Toronto Star

• Jan 25/08 - New waste incinerator approved for Durham - Peterborough Examiner

• Jan 25/08 - York backs Clarington incinerator site - York Region News

• Jan 25/08 - York on board with incineration site - Metroland

• Jan 25/08 - Garbage incinerator site approved in Durham - The Globe and Mail

• Jan 24/08 - Site approval moves Durham incinerator one step closer to reality - Toronto Observer

• Jan 24/08 - Durham Region approves huge garbage incinerator  - Toronto Star 

• Jan 24/08 - On curb for now; Cost is only one reason to delay joining incineration project - Peterborough Examiner

• Jan 24/08 - How your councillors voted on choosing Courtice as the site - Metroland 

• Jan 24/08 - Garbage incinerator site in Clarington given green light - Metroland     

• Jan 23/08 - City, county see no financial benefit in using proposed Clarington incinerator - Peterborough Examiner

• Jan 23/08 - Regional councillors getting an earful - Metroland    

• Jan 23/08 - Incineration opponents urge Durham Region to say no to burning garbage - Metroland 

• Jan 23/08 - Incineration issue draws crowd to Regional Council - Metroland

• Jan 23/08 - Regional chairman addresses Oshawa Chamber of Commerce - Metroland 

• Jan 22/08 - Oshawa council says no to incinerator - Metroland 

• Jan 22/08 - Incineration debate heating up - Metroland

• Jan 21/08 - Incineration draws flood of speakers to council - Metroland

• Jan 17/08 - No conflict on burning issue, says CAW - Metroland 

• Jan 17/08 - Committee wants delay in site selection for incinerator - Metroland

• Jan 17/08 - Incinerator dangers still unanswered - Oshawa Express  

• Jan 17/08 - Waste solution stinks - Oshawa Express

• Jan 16/08 - Council seeks delay in EFW site selection - Orono Weekly Times   

• Jan 16/08 - CAW Hall packed for anti incinerator forum - Orono Weekly Times

• Jan 16/08 - Answers needed before site chosen - Metroland Editorial  

• Jan 16/08 - Follow the rules, or get out - Metroland

• Jan 16/08 - Growth 'most formidable challenge,' says mayor - Metroland 

• Jan 16/08 - Pay the bill for recycling plant, committee recommends - Metroland

• Jan 15/08 - Clarington asks Region to delay incinerator site selection - Metroland 

• Jan 15/08 - Oshawa says no to 'landfill in the lungs' - Metroland 

• Jan 15/08 - CAW, Durham Labour Congress say 'no' to incineration - Metroland 

• Jan 15/08 - Pickering councillor weighs in on incineration debate - Metroland 

• Jan 14/08 - Still much to do on incineration process - Metroland Editorial

• Jan 12/08 - Gimme some of that old-time environmental religion - Globe and Mail  (Barber)

• Jan 12/08 - CAW hosts incineration public forum - Metroland 

• Jan 10/08 - Stopping Site 41 plans too expensive, says consultant - Barrie Advance  NEW

• Jan 10/08 - Incinerator site gets nod from Durham committee - Metroland 

• Jan 10/08 - An incinerator on our lake just doesn't stack up - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• Jan 9/08 - Mayor still having fun - Orono Weekly Times

• Jan 9/08 - A drastic change - Orono Weekly Times Editorial

• Jan 9/08 - Most future incineration meetings to be here - Metroland   

• Jan 9/08 - Clarington eyed for incinerator - Toronto Sun   

• Jan 9/08 - Clarington picked for incinerator - Toronto Star     

• Jan 9/08 - Incinerator site approved by York, Durham  - York Region News    

• Jan 6/08 - Courtice to move forward as preferred incineration site - Metroland 

• Jan 6/08 - Incinerator meeting should have been in Clarington - Metroland Editorial

• Jan 4/08 - Incinerator preferred site report to be presented - Metroland

• Jan 2/08 - Green bin success puts Newmarket on top  - York Region News

• Jan 3/08 - Anderson has his eyes on transit in 2008 - Metroland

  2007

• Dec 31/07 - Union to host energy-from-waste forum - Metroland 

• Dec 28/07 - Pitching plans for waste - Toronto Star    

• Dec 26/07 - Roger Anderson Reflects on 2007 - Oshawa Express

• Dec 21/07 - Plastic questions persist - Metroland

• Dec 21/07 - Brock landfill not a Durham backup plan - Metroland (Brock)     

• Nov 29/07 - Uxbridge hears incinerator concerns - Metroland (Uxbridge)

• Dec 19/07 - Waste report a no-go - Metroland

• Dec 18/07 - Consultant not surprised by peer reviewer's comments - Metroland

• Dec 18/07 - Clarington passes new procedural bylaw - Metroland 

• Dec 14/07 - Recycling plant opens, but cost overrun still casts a shadow - Metroland

• Dec 13/07 - ***Energy From Waste - Uxbridge Cosmos

• Dec 13/07 - Incinerator may be necessary stop-gap - Uxbridge Cosmos  

• Dec 12/07 - Council rejects staff recommendations - Orono Weekly Times

• Dec 11/07 - Council disregards staff, peer reviewer's main recommendation on  incinerator - Metroland 

• Dec 11/07 - Newtonville area landfill threat "a red herring," say some - Metroland 

• Dec 11/07 - Clarington councillors query $900K Regional shortfall - Metroland  

• Dec 8/07 - Incinerator could be safe, but choose the right site: consultant - Metroland

• Dec 6/07 - Dumping on Clarington again? - Metroland 

• Dec 5/07 - Staff recommend no decision be made on EFW site at this time - Orono Weekly Times

• Dec 5/07 - (related) Council changes the way they conduct meetings - Orono Weekly Times 

• Dec 5/07 - Regional Council shouldn't have been kept in dark - Metroland Editorial

• Dec 3/07 - Councillor questions works newsletter - Metroland 

• Nov 30/07 - $900000 jump in recycling facility cost - Metroland  

• Nov 21/07 - Physicians raise concerns about potential incinerator - Metroland 

• Nov 6/07 - Clarington sets out its terms on incinerator - Metroland 

• Nov 5/07 -  Incineration report delayed - Metroland 

• Nov 5/07 - Halton hopes to extend life of landfill with new program - Toronto Sun

• Oct 31/07 - Green light for waste incinerator - EDP24 (England)

• Oct 31/07 - County could bid for incinerator waste - Northumberland News

• Oct 31/07 - Council should make "informed decision": Abernethy  - Metroland 

• Oct 29/07 - Region releases Brock landfill plan (forced by Province to clean up) - Metroland

• Oct 29/07 - Trash issue in 905 set to catch fire - Toronto Sun

• Oct 28/07 - Ajax council raises good questions on incinerator - Metroland Editorial

• Oct 28/07 - Is Ajax standing up for Clarington’s interests? - Metroland Editorial

• Oct 25/07 - Clarington mayor 'puzzled' about Ajax' reaction to incineration - Metroland 

• Oct 25/07 - Resident urges Uxbridge mayor to say 'no' to incinerator - Metroland (Uxbridge)

• Oct 24/07 - Enough contention to go around - Orono Weekly Times 

• Oct 24/07 - Take a stand, Clarington, says incineration opponent - Metroland    

• Oct 24/07 - Ajax not supporting EFW for Clarington - Metroland (Ajax) 

• Oct 24/07 - A year in, council still hasn't hit its stride - Metroland     

• Oct 24/07 - Clearing up muddle about green bins, blue boxes - Metroland      

• Oct 22/07 - Garbage problem topic of meeting - Toronto Sun

• Oct 22/07 - Green, blue or black -- sorting out garbage - Metroland   

• Oct 12/07 - Manager not just for energy from waste, Region says - Metroland 

• Oct 10/07 - Public still not on board with proposed EFW - Orono Weekly Times 

• Oct 8/07 - Clarington residents blast bid for `monster' trash incinerator - Toronto Star

• Oct 5/07 - Proposed Durham incinerator draws fire at public meetings - CBC NEWS 

• Oct 5/07 - Energy from waste draws new faces - Metroland 

• Oct 4/07 - Canada's Chemical Valley Exposed - EcoJustice Media Release 

• Oct 4/07 - Sarnia's emissions affecting health, study says - Globe and Mail 

• Oct 3/07 - 10 Questions with Mayor Jim Abernethy - Metroland

• Oct 2/07 - Incineration: pro and con - Metroland 

• Oct 2/07 - Public information sessions to detail site selection for incinerator - Metroland

• Oct 2/07 - University study claims pollution killing 25,000 Canadians a year - Canadian Press

• Sept 28/07 - Germany's green example could be revolutionary - Globe & Mail (Business)

• Sept 26/07 - No surprise that Courtice is the preferred site - Metroland Editorial

• Sept 25/07 - Consultants detail why they picked Courtice for incinerator - Metroland 

• Sept 25/07 - Committee backs Clarington incinerator site - York Region News

• Sept 22/07 - York off hook for incinerator - York Region News  

• Sept 21/07 - Whitby wins waste challenge - Metroland

• Sept 21/07 - *Clarington preferred for incinerator - Metroland

• Sept 21/07 - Build incinerator in Clarington, consultants recommend - York Region News

• Sept 19/07 - *Region less than forthcoming in EFW process - Orono Weekly Times

• Sept 18/07 - Clarington won't be making request for clarification from chairman - Metroland

• Sept 14/07 - *All the facts missing on incineration - Metroland Editorial

• Sept 14/07 - *Your opinion should count on incineration - Metroland

• Sept 13/07 - *Clarington deserves apology, says Oshawa councillor - Metroland

• Sept 12/07 - *Clarington has no say on incinerator, says regional chairman - Metroland

• Sept 12/07 - *Clarington Residents Owed Apology over Remarks - Press Release/Nicholson

• Sept 11/07 - Reduce, reuse, recycle - Toronto Star

• Sept 10/07 - York trash plan causes a stink - Toronto Star

• Sept 6/07 - Burning issue brings heated words - Toronto Star

• Sept 6/07 - Bag ban on the back burner - Metroland

• Sept 6/07 - *Don't leap at sites or technology based on price, say consultants - Metroland

• Sept 6/07 - The Lethal Consequences of Breathing Fire - The Ecologist Newsletter (long)

• Aug 31/07 - 'No surprises' in peer review to date, says mayor - Metroland

• Aug 29/l07 - A practical, economy-class landfill - Toronto Star

• Aug 28/07 - Peer review raises concerns, says garbage incinerator opponent - Metroland

• Aug 21/07 - Incinerator peer review expected Sept. 4 - Metroland

• Aug 20/07 - Group targets toxins in the air - Toronto Star

• Aug 18/07 - It sounds good, but turning garbage to energy has downsides - Canadian Press

• Aug 15/07 - Respectful communication key to message - Metroland Editorial

• Aug 15/07 - Incinerator study may be trash - York Region News 

• Aug 14/07 - *Sludge incinerator contradictory to city's direction - Hamilton Spectator

• Aug 10/07 - Waste group considers fuel production - Hamilton Spectator

• Aug 10/07 - Sickness in the Soil - Broward Times (Florida)

• Aug 9/07 - * Durham incinerator opponents furious - Toronto Star

• Aug 9/07 - *Durham plays 'willing host' to incinerator - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• Aug 9/07 - *Incineration Issue heats up - Metroland

• Aug 8/07 - Hamilton considers burning sewage sludge - Globe and Mail (CP)

• Aug 7/07 - Durham leads on trash incineration - Toronto Star

• Aug 1/07 - Trip to Europe a waste of tax dollars - Oshawa Express

• Aug 1/07 - Waste facility tour costs big bucks - Oshawa Express

• July 31/07 - Anti-incinerator group angered as report deferred until September - Metroland

• July 30/07 - Trash plan catching fire - Metro News (Toronto)

• July 30/07 - 905 sees incineration in a new, appealing light - Toronto Star

• July 30/07 - *Fisking the Garbage Burners - Notes From The Underground

• July 28/07 - Refinery plans for Oshawa waterfront fuel furor - Toronto Sun

• July 24/07 - Councillor confident with proposed incinerator - Metroland (Uxbridge)

• July 24/07 - Mountains or just molehills? - Metroland (Whitby)

• July 23/07 - Project recycles trash gas - Toronto Sun

• July 21/07 - A tale of terrible cities - Globe and Mail

• July 21/07 - Health risks still burning topic - York News - Newmarket 

• July 20/07 - Trash trip worth the price - Metroland Editorial

• July 18/07 - **Waste Coalition registers provincial Lobbyist - Ontario Lobbyist Registry

• July 18/07 - Environmental Crusader Still Fighting - Oshawa Express

• July 18/07 - Junkets anger taxpayers - York Region News 

• July 18/07 - New partner for incinerator? - York Region News 

• July 15/07 - How green are you? Where do you live? - Toronto Sun

• July 13/07 - Councillors return from Euro-trash tour with loads of information - Metroland

• July 13/07 - Region returns confident in technology - Metroland

• July 10/07 - Council calls special meeting - Metroland

• July 9/07 - Cost of Recycling - Metro News (Torstar)

• July 6/07 - Europe ripe with energy-from-waste learning - Metroland

• July 6/07 - Market for plastics just not there - Metroland

• July 4/07- Incineration. Let's call it what it is - Green Party

• July 2/07 - Residents push for more waste information - Metroland

• June 30/07 - Incinerator decision hinges on traffic - York Region - East Gwillimbury 

• June 28/07 - Clarington council schedules summer meeting - Metroland

• June 27/07 - York needs to take action, ownership in trash dilemma - York Region News

• June 23/07 - *It's hard to see the truth through all the smoke - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• June 21/07 - Europeans 'way ahead of us' with sustainability - Metroland

• June 21/07 - Non-site specific prelim report says EFW in Durham would be safe - Metroland

• June 21/07 - Two sites removed from EFW shortlist - Metroland

• June 21/07 - Municipalities backing away from incineration - CATCH (Hamilton)

• June 21/07 - Healthier options open to Halton as Region rejects incinerator - Oakvillegreen

• June 20/07 - Incinerator won't hurt health, study says - York Region News

• June 16/07 - Regions never agreed on price tag: director - York Region News  

• June 16/07 - 'Put or pay' discourages diversion - York Region Editorial 

• June 15/07 - Oshawa councillor urges Clarington not to host incinerator - Metroland 

• June 14/07 - York reduces commitment to incinerator - Metroland

• June 14/07 - Where our garbage will go - Toronto Star

• June 14/07 - **Whoosh! Grand incinerator plans go up in smoke - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• June 13/07 - *York cuts back on Durham incinerator commitment - Toronto Star

• June 11/07 - Clarington to push for three on EFW trip - Metroland

• June 8/07 - Getting burned - Eye Weekly 

• June 6/07 - **Halton's incinerator folly is toast - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• June 6/07 - Council divide must be bridged - Metroland

• June 3/07 - Waste Diversion and Stabilized Landfill - a choice - Clarington Watchdog

• June 2/07 - Hot Idea: I have seen the future of trash - Globe and Mail Market News Pub

• June 2/07 - Turning garbage into power - Globe and Mail

• June 1/07 -  Abernethy sorry for slight - Metroland

• June 1/07 - Mayor apologizes for local councillors' 'inexcusable' behavior - Metroland

• June 1/07 - No answers forthcoming for council - Metroland

• June 1/07 - 905 looks to incineration to deal with garbage crisis - 680 News

• May 31/07 - York, Durham both sides of incineration issue - Toronto Star

• May 31/07 - Residents continue to fight incineration - Metroland

• May 30/07 - *East Gwillimbury says 'No' to incinerator - TorStar News Service

• May 29/07 - *Clarington council disses regional chair - Metroland

• May 29/07 - Public speaks out against incineration ... again - Metroland

• May 29/07 - Oshawa Motion says Ban the Burn - Clarington Watchdog

• May 26/07 - *Incinerator has negative financial impacts - Metroland

• May 25/07 -  EFW discussion serves council well - Metroland Editorial

• May 24/07 - Delegations speak out against incineration - Metroland

• May 24/07 - * Region won't give Clarington blank cheque for incineration studies - Metroland

• May 23/07 - Plastic bag ban would put Durham in lead - Metroland Editorial

• May 22/07 - Public Notice - Durham/York Residual Waste Study - Clarington

• May 22/07 - Getting a grip on tough trash - Toronto Star

• May 18/07 - Green bins in condos: A city how-to  - Toronto Star

• May 18/07 - Residents ask Region to dump incinerator plans - Metroland

• May 18/07 - Mayor visits FLA incinerator  - Metroland (Clarington)

• May 13/07 - Don’t penalize us for diverting waste: politician - York Region News

• May 12/07 - Greening Ontario won't be this easy - Toronto Star

• May 11/07 - Burning of waste trashed in Durham - Toronto Star 

• May 10/07 - The devil burns: anti-incineration speakers say - Metroland

• May 8/07 - Legal smoke and mirrors fuel trash-burning trend - Globe and Mail (Barber) 

• May 4/07 - Energy-from-waste meetings draw hundreds - Metroland

• May 3/07 - Forum guests to present anti-incineration view - Metroland

• May 1/07 - Councillor questions second trip to Europe  - Metroland

• April 28/07 - The burning question: Why do it? - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• April 28/07 - A money-back program - Toronto Star

• April 28/07 - Not In Our Dumps (Halifax) - Toronto Star

• April 27/07 - A tale of waste management  - Metroland

• April 26/07 - *Why incineration is now a burning issue - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• April 25/07 - Ontario giving polluters free ride - Toronto Star 

• April 25/07 - CAW DREC Waste Forum Media Release - Oshawa 

• April 21/07 - Council accepts energy-from-waste business model - Metroland

• April 14/07 - Checking out the chemicals in your blood - Toronto Star

• April 11/07 - Residents cry foul over proposed incinerator site - York Region Newspaper Group

• March 29/07 - To burn or not to burn is not even the question - Globe and Mail (Barber)

• March 28/07 - Ont. wants to be global leader in garbage incineration  - Canadian Press

• March 27/07 - Dangerous to fast-track incinerators, critics warn - Hamilton Spectator 

• March 24/07 - Energy from trash brings big hopes - Toronto Star

• March 23/07 - Province's New Rules Help Municipalities Manage Waste Better - MOE

  2006

• Aug 25, 2006 - City eyeing Halton plan for garbage - National Post

• July 28, 2006 - While some raise questions, others defend technology - Metroland  

• July 21, 2006 - Durham on its own when it comes to waste management policy - Metroland

• July 17, 2006 - Facilities open up wide to public to avoid misconceptions - Metroland

• June 6, 2006 - Incineration on list of 'solutions' for York/Durham - National Post

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