http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/georgia-coal-plants-future-hinges-on-ruling/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/georgia-coal-plants-future-hinges-on-ruling/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:57:01 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/georgia-coal-plants-future-hinges-on-ruling/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/03/georgia-coal-plants-future-hinges-on-ruling/feed/ 0 It’s hard to miss the opponents of coal-fired power plants — they’re decked out in bright colors, holding signs warning of the hazards of the carbon-belching behemoths, and are large in number when the chance arises to trumpet their cause. Those who support the nation’s cheapest and most predominant power providers wear suits, travel in [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/coal-plant-environmentalists-get-day-in-court-tomorrow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/coal-plant-environmentalists-get-day-in-court-tomorrow/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:18:28 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/coal-plant-environmentalists-get-day-in-court-tomorrow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/coal-plant-environmentalists-get-day-in-court-tomorrow/feed/ 1 Like breathing clean air? Don’t want to inhale toxins? You might want to keep your eyes peeled on Fulton County Superior Court tomorrow. Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore will hear arguments over whether coal power plants should regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant and harmful to humans. The argument stems from the state Environmental Protection Division’s [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/enviro-groups-appeal-coal-fired-power-plant-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/enviro-groups-appeal-coal-fired-power-plant-case/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:32:31 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/enviro-groups-appeal-coal-fired-power-plant-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/11/enviro-groups-appeal-coal-fired-power-plant-case/feed/ 3 An Atlanta-based environmental law firm today in Fulton County Superior Court appealed a recent decision that would allow a coal-fired power plant to billow in southwest Georgia. GreenLaw, a firm representing Friends of the Chattahoochee and the Sierra Club, says that the proposed Plant Longleaf in Early County has the potential to release 9 million [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/11/judge-grants-permit-to-first-coal-powered-plant-in-20-years-opponents-plan-to-appeal/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/11/judge-grants-permit-to-first-coal-powered-plant-in-20-years-opponents-plan-to-appeal/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:51:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/11/judge-grants-permit-to-first-coal-powered-plant-in-20-years-opponents-plan-to-appeal/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/11/judge-grants-permit-to-first-coal-powered-plant-in-20-years-opponents-plan-to-appeal/feed/ 0 A federal judge in Atlanta this morning approved a permit for Plant Longleaf, a coal-fired power plant in Early County, in the process giving the green light to a facility that is expected to pump out 9 million tons of carbon dioxide each year — the equivalent of 1.3 million cars. GreenLaw, the environmental law [...]