http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +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/2009/01/02/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 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/27/coal-fired-power-plant-ruling-expected-next-week/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/27/coal-fired-power-plant-ruling-expected-next-week/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/27/coal-fired-power-plant-ruling-expected-next-week/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/27/coal-fired-power-plant-ruling-expected-next-week/feed/ 0 Georgians may find out next week if they get their first new coal power plant in 20 years. Lawyers with GreenLaw, an environmental law firm that argued against the Longleaf Plant in Early County, said Fulton County Superior Court Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore will issue a ruling between Monday and Thursday. The case examines whether [...] 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/2008/02/11/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 [...]