Burn, baby, burn! A Renewed Interest in Incinerating Garbage

The Wall Street Journal had a great piece  on Friday about the renewed interest in burning garbage instead of just sending it to landfills.  Previously thought to be too polluting to the air, today’s incinerators burn cleaner and use the heat produced to make steam and create electricity. The article states that “dirty air is still a concern, but now it has been eclipsed by fears of global climate change. In that calculus of environmental harm, recent research suggests, burning trash is better than burying it.” Read the details here.