http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/ga-supreme-court-wont-hear-longleaf-coal-plant-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/ga-supreme-court-wont-hear-longleaf-coal-plant-case/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25605 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/ga-supreme-court-wont-hear-longleaf-coal-plant-case/feed/ 2 Sierra Club: 'This fight for clean air is not over' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/georgia-court-of-appeals-reverses-coal-plant-co2-ruling/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/georgia-court-of-appeals-reverses-coal-plant-co2-ruling/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:29:53 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21964 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/georgia-court-of-appeals-reverses-coal-plant-co2-ruling/feed/ 2 Case gets sent back to Superior Court and administrative law judge http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/20/proposed-washington-county-coal-plant-loses-two-more-investors/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/20/proposed-washington-county-coal-plant-loses-two-more-investors/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 12:59:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19932 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/20/proposed-washington-county-coal-plant-loses-two-more-investors/feed/ 2 Total of four utilities back out of coalition to build $2.2 billion project in Middle Georgia http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/two-utilities-back-out-of-proposed-georgia-coal-plant/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/two-utilities-back-out-of-proposed-georgia-coal-plant/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 14:19:26 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19888 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/two-utilities-back-out-of-proposed-georgia-coal-plant/feed/ 1 GreyStone and Excelsior EMC, citing uncertain regulatory environment and financial risks, leave project http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/letter-to-savannah-paper-nails-southern-co/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/letter-to-savannah-paper-nails-southern-co/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 15:51:01 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19798 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/letter-to-savannah-paper-nails-southern-co/feed/ 0 'We Georgians are riding for a fall' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/environmental-film-festival-comes-to-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/environmental-film-festival-comes-to-atlanta/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:38:08 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16220 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/environmental-film-festival-comes-to-atlanta/feed/ 0 Two-night affair begins Wednesday at Tara Theater. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:47:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11845 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/feed/ 0 Says regulatory and credit market is too unpredictable. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/georgia-chamber-of-commerce-supports-early-co-coal-plant/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/georgia-chamber-of-commerce-supports-early-co-coal-plant/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:29:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/georgia-chamber-of-commerce-supports-early-co-coal-plant/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/georgia-chamber-of-commerce-supports-early-co-coal-plant/feed/ 0 This was bound to happen. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce tossed its support behind two utility companies itching to build a coal power plant in Early County and echoed their claims that a Fulton County Superior Court judge overreached in her June 30 ruling that halted the beast. From the Albany Herald: ALBANY — Officials with [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/coal-plant-case-could-have-nationwide-impact/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/coal-plant-case-could-have-nationwide-impact/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:05:36 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/coal-plant-case-could-have-nationwide-impact/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/coal-plant-case-could-have-nationwide-impact/feed/ 1 A little more than one year after filing suit against a coal plant proposed for an impoverished pocket of southwest Georgia, opponents emerged victorious in the case and say the decision alters the legal landscape for one of the chief causes of global warming. Justine Thompson of GreenLaw, the environmental law firm that fought the power [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/judge-reverses-ruling-in-early-county-coal-power-plant-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/judge-reverses-ruling-in-early-county-coal-power-plant-case/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:50:05 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/judge-reverses-ruling-in-early-county-coal-power-plant-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/30/judge-reverses-ruling-in-early-county-coal-power-plant-case/feed/ 2 Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore has reversed a ruling that would’ve allowed the first coal power plant in the state in 20 years to be built in Early County, putting the brakes on the idea. The case now goes back to a lower court for a hearing. Click here to read the [...]