Fresh Loaf » Greenhouse-Gases http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 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/ 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. Coal plant case could have nationwide impact 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 [...] If a Senate panel votes about greenhouse gases, does Wall Street notice? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/if-a-senate-panel-votes-about-greenhouse-gases-does-wall-street-notice/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/if-a-senate-panel-votes-about-greenhouse-gases-does-wall-street-notice/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:40 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/if-a-senate-panel-votes-about-greenhouse-gases-does-wall-street-notice/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/if-a-senate-panel-votes-about-greenhouse-gases-does-wall-street-notice/feed/ 1 Power juggernaut Southern Co. and other utilities, along with oil companies and manufacturers, were doing their best to rail against a bill voted on last week by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The so-called Lieberman-Warner bill, which called for a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 compared with 2005 levels, was [...] Study: Public transit, like MARTA, helps reduce greenhouse gases http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/03/study-public-transit-like-marta-helps-reduce-greenhouse-gases/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/03/study-public-transit-like-marta-helps-reduce-greenhouse-gases/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:20:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/03/study-public-transit-like-marta-helps-reduce-greenhouse-gases/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/03/study-public-transit-like-marta-helps-reduce-greenhouse-gases/feed/ 0 Taking MARTA not only saves money, it helps keep the air clean. A study released by the American Public Transportation Association shows that taking public transportation has a 10 times greater impact on reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, if a member of a household opts to hop on the train rather than [...]