Bush Proposes Extending LFGE Tax Credit
Feb 18, 2005
Washington — In his proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2006, President George W. Bush includes an extension of the Section 45 tax credits for landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGE) projects. The credits currently apply to LFGE and waste-to-energy (WTE...
A FLARE for SUCCESS
Feb 01, 2005
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT doesn't accurately describe what happens at more than 340 U.S. landfills that operate landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGE) systems. Those landfills have transformed their decaying garbage into a renewable energy resource. In doing...
Gas Project Ignites
Jan 01, 2005
A METHANE RECOVERY PROGRAM that will offer private businesses opportunities abroad is up and running. In November, government officials from the United States and 13 other countries gathered in Washington, D.C., for three days of meetings to...
Ameresco And Santa Cruz County, Calif., To Launch LFGE Project
Dec 29, 2004
Framingham, Mass. — Ameresco Inc., Framingham, Mass., is joining with Santa Cruz County, Calif., in a landfill-gas-to-energy project. Under the terms of the agreement, the firm will build a plant at the county’s Buena Vista Landfill. The plant is...
SWANA Joins Renewable Energy Business Alliance
Dec 21, 2004
Silver Spring, Md. — The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has joined with representatives of other renewable energy industries to lobby for an extension and increase of tax credits for all renewable energy sources, including...
Agreement Creating Methane To Markets Partnership Is Signed
Nov 17, 2004
Washington, D.C. — Mike Leavitt, administrator of the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and representatives from 13 other countries signed an agreement yesterday to formally create the Methane to Markets Partnership. The...
Landfill Fire In Suburban Chicago Rages On
Nov 11, 2004
Naperville, Ill. — An underground fire at a former landfill in suburban Chicago’s Greene Valley Forest Preserve continues to smolder while investigators have yet to discover the location of an oxygen leak that’s fueling the blaze, according to a...
Tax Credits Approved
Nov 01, 2004
Years of hard work and persistent lobbying have paid-off for the solid waste industry. In late October, President George W. Bush signed into law a corporate tax bill (H.R. 4520) that includes a landfill gas tax-credit measure under Section 45 of...
Passing Gas
Nov 01, 2004
AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF LOBBYING, it seems like the landfill gas industry is finally getting fired-up. As part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Congress has passed a tax credit for landfill gas and waste-to-energy projects. Facilities...
U.S. Senate Passes Landfill Gas Tax Credits
Oct 15, 2004
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a corporate tax bill that includes a landfill gas tax-credit measure. The bill now moves on to President George W. Bush, who is expected to sign the bill into law, according to The Solid Waste...
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