County sees risk in energy plant as remote (Post-Tribune)

The risk associated with locating a first-of-its-kind garbage-to-ethanol plant in Lake County is practically nonexistent, both environmentally and financially, according to the county’s solid waste chief. “There’s no risk at all,” Jeff Langbehn, executive director of the Lake County Solid Waste Management District, which has a 20-year contract with Powers Energy to locate the plant in Lake …