A power plant that generates electricity from the gas arising from decomposing trash at IESI Bethlehem Landfill has been shut down since September, due to an equipment breakdown. But the outage at Bethlehem Renewable Energy had nothing to do with Tuesday morning's malfunction in the landfill's system that burns off the accumulating gas, according to operators of both the landfill in Lower Saucon Township and the adjacent power plant. Did you feel that? Landfill gas linked to tremors, police say The landfill burns off the gas in a flare, its heat measured at 1,668 degrees Fahrenheit during a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection visit last month. That flare...
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