BC Chamber of Commerce rejects Metro Van incineration and waste-flow control plan
“All viable options have not been on the table. And we’re convinced that our region can, and must, do better.”
BC Hydro's stern letter shakes up business case for Metro Van's proposed incinerator
BC Hydro's letter prompts some Metro Vancouver directors to push for a review of the business case for the $517-million incinerator.
Metro Vancouver's proposed incinerator fails economic and environmental test: critics
"The province has to step in. This has gone beyond the taxpayers of metro Vancouver."
Proponents defend half-billion dollar incinerator as "least costly" way to deal with garbage
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said he hasn't seen anyone put forward any better options than investing a half-billion dollar waste-to-energy incineration.
Critics blast Metro Vancouver's 'greenwashed' new business plan for incinerator
“If I had submitted that to my board, I would be thrown out of the board room."
Straw poll shows divided support for $480 million Metro Van garbage incinerator
What some politicians are really saying (and not saying) behind the scenes at Metro Vancouver, as bureaucrats continue to push forward with plans for a new garbage incinerator.
Nanaimo says, "No," to Metro Vancouver's incinerator proposal
Just days after the city of Kitimat soundly rejected the Northern Gateway pipeline project, the citizens of Nanaimo have sent a clear message to Metro Vancouver over a proposal for a garbage...
Coquitlam demands business case from Metro Vancouver for $480 million incineration plan
The City of Coquitlam is latest municipality to ask tough questions about waste-to-energy incineration strategy.
Incinerator contract called “rip-off of the century” is killed in UK
Delays, rising costs and increasing risks have killed a Wheelabrator incineration project in Norfolk, England, a regional centre 200 kilometers northeast of London. The regional county council met in...
Nanaimo city officials take a beating over Metro Van's Duke Point incinerator plan
Already home to a pulp mill and an animal rendering plant, Nanaimo's Duke Point could be the site of a possible garbage incinerator to burn waste barged over from the Vancouver area.