ELPC Commends Illinois Vote Rejecting Tire Burners as Clean Energy
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Environmental Law & Policy Center commends the Illinois State Senators who twice rejected proposed legislation that would have allowed a tire-burning incinerator special treatment as akin to clean renewable energy. The Tire Burning Bill (SB 380) would have benefited Geneva Energy, the tire-burner plant owner, which repeatedly violated its air pollution permit levels according to the Illinois EPA.
“Burning tires is clearly not clean energy, and we commend the legislators who rejected this cynical ploy to contort state laws designed to promote renewable energy,” said Howard A. Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center. “The public is angry about being asked to bailout money-losing banks and, this time, to subsidize an unprofitable tire burner that has consistently violated the environmental pollution and public health laws. Enough is enough,” said Learner.
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