Big Island Energy Plant Scrapped
May 8, 2008
The Hawaii County Council rejected yesterday a $125 million waste-to-energy plant. The Council voted 5-4 against the Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. project, despite a new offer by Mayor Harry Kim to speed up the planning process. The mayor also tried to Kim also tried to make the deal more attractive by offering a watchdog committee consisting of environmental and recycling groups. In the end, however, the plan was considered too expensive.
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