Why would Durham regional councillors approve this incinerator?
Don't they listen to their constituents? Nearly 60 area residents delegated against burning 140,000 tonnes of residential waste, but the councillors approved it anyway.
The price tag for this 'project' has gone from $236 M to $272.5 M in the span of merely 2 months. Does anyone believe that this will come in on budget?
How many other initiatives could this council have been considering that would have actually improved the lives of residents, instead of making this dreadful decision.
Shouldn't zero waste be the goal? Surely burning garbage cannot be good for the air or water in the area.
The one ray of hope is that the provincial government has a say in the outcome. McGuinty and Smitherman say that the want a Clean Air future for Ontario. But then these 2 guys also support nuclear, so I wonder if they know what clean, safe, cost-efficient, renewable energy really looks like...
For all our sakes, I hope they do.
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