16 August 2004
Dear GAIA friends,
Please join
us in SIGNING ON to the following document urging
U.S. federal, state, and local agencies to exclude
waste incineration, gasification, and pyrolysis
from qualifying as a renewable source of fuel
and power.
The incinerator
industry in the U.S. is attempting to define
waste incineration as a "renewable"
source of energy in the U.S. At least 12 U.S.
states define incinerator technology as a renewable
source of energy, and other states are considering
qualifying incineration as renewable. This is
a huge greenwash attempt by this polluting industry
and would mean that incinerators would be eligible
for special subsidies and funding.
As part of the
Global Day of Action on Waste, the U.S.-based
Institute for Local Self-Reliance and GAIA are
circulating the following SIGN ON DOCUMENT and
will be releasing this document to the media
and to local, state, and federal agencies around
the U.S. on September 1, 2004.
If the incinerator
industry in your country is also attempting
to be classified as "renewable energy,"
we encourage you to create a similar document
that is focused on your country. You are of
course welcome to use any information in this
document for any such effort.
<SIGN
ON>
Please include
your name, group/organization, city, and country.
Thank you!
Monica Wilson
