McMinn landfill to convert gas
Renewco LLC, a joint venture between AGL Resources and Keystone Renewable Energy, dedicated a new $9 million renewable energy facility at the Meadow Branch Landfill in McMinn County on Thursday.
The methane recovery plant captures the gas produced by the decomposition of solid waste in the landfill, and converts it to pipeline-quality renewable gas.
The facility, the first of its kind in East Tennessee, “is a rare opportunity to turn waste into a potential revenue stream while creating green jobs and reducing impacts to the environment,” said Ira Pearl, chief executive for Renewco.
Groups demand Facebook probe
NEW YORK – Nine privacy groups have sent a joint letter to the Federal Trade Commission saying it should investigate the ways Facebook collects data about users’ online activity after recent changes to its site.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sent the letter to the FTC Wednesday.
The groups say changes Facebook made last week give it far greater ability to disclose users’ personal information to businesses than it used to have.