Lawmakers give tire burning the environmental green light

May 03, 2010
By Michael Hawthorne and Michelle Manchir, Tribune reporters


Backers of a south suburban incinerator muscled legislation through the
Illinois House on Monday that would add tire burning to the state's
definition of green, renewable energy.

Approved on a bipartisan 61-45 vote, the measure would clear the way for the
Geneva Energy tire burner in Ford Heights to reap lucrative state grants,
low-interest loans and other incentives originally intended for companies
developing pollution-free wind and solar power.

If endorsed by state senators and signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn, the
bill would make the incinerator a player in the growing market for renewable
energy in Illinois, where power companies must get at least 10 percent of
their electricity from green sources by 2015 and 25 percent by 2025.


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