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A truck offloads recycling at the Pasco County Resource Recovery Facility waste-to-energy plant in Spring Hill, Fla., on Oct. 25, 2023.
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Climate in Crisis

Florida is booming and burning more trash. Residents say it's making them sick.

Tampa-area officials want to tap Inflation Reduction Act funds to help expand one of Florida’s 10 incinerators, which they say are often preferable to landfills. Critics worry the plants raise health risks.