Clean Energy in United States Not Nearly Trashy Enough
April 13th, 2010
It turns out that Europe has way trashier renewable energy than the United States. Elisabeth Rosenthal has an illuminating piece in the Times today that takes stock of Europe's many waste-to-energy plants, which efficiently turn garbage into energy. The plants employ advanced pollution reduction techniques, and the result is surprisingly clean energy. There are over 400 such plants across Europe, with especially high concentrations in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. And the US? A scant 87 plants--almost all of which are over 15 years ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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