The Times Tribune Editorial Board set high priorities that the city, region and state that government leaders should bring to resolution this year, including one for the Keystone Sanitary Landfill:

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The Keystone Sanitary Landfill: The proposed expansion plan at the sprawling dump near the confluence of the region’s major highways in Dunmore poses the most fundamental big-picture policy question to the entire region. Will Northeast Pennsylvania continue to be a dumping ground of the East or develop other modes of economic growth?

That question transcends mere regulatory compliance. In 2015, as the Department of Environmental Protection considers whether to allow the growth of the dump by more than 100 million tons of garbage, the debate should include the dump’s overall negative impact on the region rather than its operational status.

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/state-city-lack-time-to-procrastinate-1.1811311