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New Lake Co. solid waste chair: No more unproven trash proposals
The Lake County solid waste board should steer clear of commercially unproven processes when considering future plans for consolidating the co…
Powers warns of possible lawsuit following cancellation of trash-to-ethanol deal
Potential lawsuits are brewing in Lake County's trash-to-ethanol saga, according to a motion by solid waste officials and statements from the …
Waste board may cancel ethanol contract next month
The longtime champion of a Lake County trash-to-ethanol plant expects a final decision to made next month regarding whether to cancel the four…
Lake County waste board continues trash-to-ethanol watch in 2013
Lake County solid waste officials began their first meeting of 2013 in much the same position as the last of 2012 — still waiting to see if a …
Scheub to GOP: Meeting cancellation not a dodge of trash-to-ethanol issue
Politics had nothing — and everything — to do with last week's cancellation of a county solid waste board meeting, Lake County Commissioner Ge…
Trash-to-ethanol debate pauses until after election
Some Lake County Republican officials are crying foul over the cancellation of last week's solid waste district meeting, dubbing it a possible…
2010 Trash-to-Ethanol series
Take a look back at The Times' 2010 report on the Trash-to-Ethanol plant
April 15, 2010: The Times takes a look at Lake County's trash-to-ethanol plant. (Sarah Tompkins | The Times)
DAY SEVEN: Meet Earl Powers
DAY SIX: A buyers market?
DAY FIVE: Cooking up ethanol
DAY FOUR: County's responsibility
DAY THREE: Who's financing
DAY TWO: History and politics
DAY ONE: Where the project stands
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