SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane’s Waste to Energy Facility is facing a potential $8 million tax burden under the Climate Commitment Act due to its carbon dioxide emissions.
Spokane’s solid waste facility currently produces 150 gigawatts of energy annually, enough to power 13,000 homes.
“Spokane is different than a lot of communities because we are managing our solid waste in our own community rather than shipping to another community which might have even poorer residents then we do,” Spokane Public Works director Marlene Fiest said. “We do see it as an environmental and social justice issue for us to manage waste in our own community.”…