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IL: "Bill Would Define Tire Burning as Renewable Energy" [1]

"With just five words quietly slipped into legislation, Illinois lawmakers are moving to include tire burning in the state's definition of renewable energy, a change that would benefit a south suburban incinerator with a long history of pollution problems."

Michael Hawthorne reports for the Chicago Tribune March 21, 2010. [2]

Waste [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Chicago Tribune [2], 03/22/2010
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