Melanie Lekocevic reports at Columbia-Greene Media that 116,000 tons of Connecticut trash could be coming to southern Albany County for burning each year. “Mustang Renewable Power Ventures has proposed to remove some recyclables and ship the trash to be burned in LafargeHolcim’s cement plant in your community,” Mike Ewall, executive director of the Energy Justice Network, wrote in a letter to the Coeymans town council. Connecticut is closing an incinerator in Hartford, so needs to do something else with its trash. Rebuilding the Hartford incinerator is under consideration, but Ewall says that is unlikely. Connecticut officials are considering sending the trash to another incinerator, but that one needs to be expanded for that plan to work. “That’s a likely winner, but perhaps not as likely as moving their problem out of state – to your community,” Ewall wrote to Coeymans town officials. Local officials weren't pleased by his letter, and issued their own statement Dec. 15 saying, “The town board is unequivocally opposed to the burning of any or all garbage in our community.... As we understand it, the vote on this is coming up very soon and we were notified by an outside lawyer from Connecticut,” the statement reads. “We were not notified in advance nor were we consulted in this matter, which would greatly affect the air, soil and water quality in our area.” Representatives from LafargeHolcim could not be reached for comment at press time. Read the full story at HudsonValley360.com.