EQT’s infrastructure group agreed to acquire Covanta Holding Corp, which owns waste-to-energy facilities in North America. The transaction is valued at $5.3 billion, including the assumption of debt, ...

Waste incinerator Covanta repeatedly violated state environmental law by dumping ash at Brookhaven landfill that didn’t match what it represented to regulators, state officials said Tuesday. In a ...

Seated L to R: Timothy O’Brien Jr., mayor, City of New Britain; Art Ward, mayor, City of Bristol; Stephen Diaz, vice president, NE Region Business Manager, Covanta Energy; Thomas Dunn, mayor Town of ...

Sustainable materials manager Covanta appointed Gregg Kam as chief financial officer, the company announced May 25. He succeeds Brad Helgeson, who will leave the Morristown firm June 1 after 15 years.

A former employee of Covanta’s waste-to-energy plant in Hempstead has alleged in a state whistleblower lawsuit that the company improperly mixed and disposed of toxic ash from the facility for nearly ...

Covanta emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2004 with the help of billionaire investor Sam Zell, who remains the company’s chairman of the board and largest shareholder with a nearly 10% stake.

Last week, Covanta began posting on its website daily averages of emissions factors at the Chester incinerator in an attempt to show how the facility works every day. “We care deeply about the Chester ...

Covanta Holding Corp. will be taken private by Sweden-based investment firm EQT for $20.25 per share. The purchase price represents an approximately 37% premium to Covanta’s unaffected share price of ...

Covanta told Greater Bristol homeowners on Wednesday night that burning medical waste at its trash-to-energy plant won’t create new air pollution. The company is seeking a state permit to burn up to ...

Last week, Covanta began posting on its website daily averages of emissions factors at the Chester incinerator in an attempt to show how the facility works every day. “We care deeply about the Chester ...