Former Massachusetts environmental secretary and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 Administrator John P. DeVillars wrote an op-ed published in the Boston Globe today that discussed the importance of removing the Massachusetts DEP's moratorium on new waste-to-energy capacity.  DeVillars recognizes that waste-to-energy facilities "add in-state capacity so that we can end the practice of burying our waste in someone else’s backyard [and] advance recycling by diverting recyclable wastes from their facilities to recycling centers. And because every ton of trash that we turn into energy is the equivalent of using one less barrel of oil or one-quarter ton less coal, generating energy from waste can contribute to addressing the global challenge of climate change."