Penobscot Nation Fights Old Town Landfill Expansion, Citing Environmental Justice Concerns

Penobscot Nation fights Old Town landfill expansion, citing environmental justice concerns

Tribal leaders and the Conservation Law Foundation are opposing the state's public benefit determination of the proposed 61-acre expansion of the Juniper Ridge Landfill.

Penobscot Nation and conservationists rally against expansion of Juniper Ridge

The Penobscot Nation and Conservation Law Foundation are appealing the state’s ruling that the expansion is in the public benefit. In oral arguments Friday, they argued the project perpetuates environmental injustice against the Penobscot Nation and contradicts Maine’s so-called solid waste hierarchy. “No reasonable mind could have concluded that this, that the public benefit approval ensures environmental justice,” lawyer Alexandra St. Pierre s…

Greater Salisbury Committee Tours Wicomico Landfill Amidst Concerns

WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. — The Wicomico County executive is addressing critical needs at the county’s highest point of elevation, unofficially known as Trash Mountain. Mike Dunn, CEO and president of the Greater Salisbury Committee, said, “Every couple of years we have a leadership cohort. We call it TCL, and our theme this month was infrastructure and development. Well, nothing speaks infrastructure more than being at the top of the landfill. And s…