Proposed coal-fired power plant outside Macon riles enviros
February 22, 2008 at 5:27 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsDid ya hear about this plant? GreenLaw has. The Atlanta-based environmental law firm is representing 15 groups that say a proposed power plant 60 miles outside of Macon in Sandersville has not efficiently outlined a strategy for how exactly it plans to control pollutants emitted from the facility.
Power4Georgians LLC has touted the plant as a safer, more efficient power facility that uses cleaner technologies and will have less of an impact on water resources than its antiquated counterparts. But GreenLaw considers it an unhealthy — and financially risky — energy option for Georgia. Keep in mind that Plant Scherer, branded as the nation’s foulest power plant, sits just north of Macon. (For an interesting read on how the coal used at Plant Scherer gets from Wyoming to Georgia, click here.)
“At a time when innovative, cleaner ways of producing energy are becoming more economically feasible, Georgia must look to new technologies as well as to greater conservation measures to achieve the economic growth that we expect,†Patty Durand, Georgia chapter director of the Sierra Club, said in a press release. “We need to attract more ‘green collar’ jobs for Georgia and keep our air clean for breathing.”
Click here for GreenLaw’s take on the matter. Information about the proposed plant, made available by Power4Georgians LLC, is available here.
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