New York's Recycling War Is Heating Up

New York's Recycling War is Heating Up

Business groups have made no secret of their opposition to a major waste reduction bill currently advancing through the halls of Albany. Like last year, dozens of industry interests have been lobbying against the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, a wide-reaching proposal to curb plastic pollution at its source. But this year, business interests aren’t just in opposition mode. They say they have a constructive solution. A coal…

Lawmakers push to make major corporations foot bill for toxic cleanup projects: 'How can we ... get better results?'

For the second straight year, Michigan lawmakers are pushing for new legislation that would hold the state's worst polluters more accountable for their environmentally damaging actions. Last year, Michigan Democrats attempted to pass "polluter pays" legislation, but it stalled after passing the state Senate. Lawmakers are gearing up again, however, and Inside Climate News reported that the bill will be reintroduced in June — with a few changes. …

Opposition mounting to anaerobic digester legislation

More than 20 groups are urging Michigan lawmakers to reject two bills they say would turn the state’s farmland and rural towns into dumping grounds for poorly regulated industrial waste. The organizations warn that House Bills 4257 and 4265 would weaken Michigan’s environmental protections by easing oversight of the farm waste processed in anaerobic digesters. They say this could pollute nearby communities, fuel large-scale Concentrated Animal F…