Business
Pacific Waste Management Corp. has announced plans to reduce the size of its proposed waste-to-energy plant in Irwindale by two-thirds, promised to improve the plant’s pollution controls and abandoned an agreement that would have imported trash into the San Gabriel Valley from the South Bay.
April 30, 1987
California
The company proposing a controversial waste-to-energy plant in Irwindale has offered to install smog control equipment on a Pasadena municipal power plant and give the city bargain rates on trash disposal in a move that would help the company’s project meet requirements for a state permit.
June 22, 1986
Formation of a citizens group to oppose construction of a $140-million waste-to-energy plant at the Spadra landfill in Pomona was announced Wednesday during a press conference at the landfill’s entrance.
May 28, 1987
Developers of a trash-to-energy plant have proposed that it be built in two phases in an attempt to sidestep regulatory pressures and prove that it would not increase air pollution in the San Gabriel Valley.
Sept. 25, 1986
Plans to build a waste-to-energy plant in Irwindale suffered a setback last week when the state Energy Commission suspended proceedings on the permit application until the developer finds ways to compensate for emissions that exceed air quality standards.
April 24, 1986
Toxic waste. Oil spills. Landfills. Dirty air. Contaminated soil and water.
March 4, 1991
World & Nation
An industrial boom is leaving an environmental mess in many parts of Asia.
Sept. 25, 1988
Opponents of waste-to-energy plants proposed for the San Gabriel Valley said their next assault on the projects will be at a South Coast Air Quality Management District hearing Friday at district headquarters in El Monte.
Nov. 7, 1985
George J.
Dec. 24, 1989
In a major victory, Pacific Waste Management Corp. on Wednesday won reductions in the air-pollution and waste-contract requirements it must meet to obtain a permit from the state Energy Commission to build a trash incineration plant in Irwindale.
Dec. 25, 1986