Waste-burning firm spreads money chasing carbon cap exemption for Brooks plant
Covanta Marion’s trash burning facility in Brooks is one of the state’s largest polluters. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter)
SALEM — The company that operates the Brooks garbage-burning facility contributed more than $20,000 in campaign contributions last fall ahead of getting favorable legislation that would spare it from Oregon’s sweeping carbon pricing legislation and provide it additional special treatment.
A legislative leader who played a key role in crafting the exemption now says the move may go…
