"New Plan Seeks To Turn Chicken Manure To Energy"

"A New Hampshire-based company has teamed with poultry giant Perdue to propose a $200 million plant on the Eastern Shore to extract energy from chicken manure, offering its plan as a viable remedy for the farm pollution fouling the Chesapeake Bay.

Officials with AgEnergyUSA met in Annapolis last week with lawmakers, state officials, environmentalists and farmers, seeking support and legislation worth tens of millions of dollars for their project.

While some remain wary because little has come of previous plans for dealing with the Shore's poultry pollution, this one comes from a company with prominent partners. And it is already building a manure-to-energy facility in Colorado."

Timothy B. Wheeler reports for the Baltimore Sun March 22, 2015.

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