http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/05/ethics-complaint-dismissed-against-lisa-borders/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/05/ethics-complaint-dismissed-against-lisa-borders/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 20:30:15 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19377 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/05/ethics-complaint-dismissed-against-lisa-borders/feed/ 0 City Council President Lisa Borders had been accused of improper lobbying during the 2007 General Assembly http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:39:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15154 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/feed/ 6 At the Gold Dome, a trite phrase rears its ugly head. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/private-cities-ethics-complaints-need-further-investigation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/private-cities-ethics-complaints-need-further-investigation/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:25:24 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10353 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/05/private-cities-ethics-complaints-need-further-investigation/feed/ 0 Ethics Commission staff needs more time to investigate complaints about unregistered lobbying for "private cities" legislation. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/lisa-borders-former-perdue-spokesman-among-targets-of-ethics-complaints/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/lisa-borders-former-perdue-spokesman-among-targets-of-ethics-complaints/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:35:22 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6511 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/lisa-borders-former-perdue-spokesman-among-targets-of-ethics-complaints/feed/ 2 Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders and a former member of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s staff have been named, along with a South Georgia construction firm, in state ethics complaints for unregistered lobbying at the Gold Dome. Neill Herring, a longtime Sierra Club lobbyist, filed the complaints with the State Ethics Commission last week. (To view Herring’s [...] 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/2008/06/03/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/2008/03/18/mass-transit-advocates-rally-at-capitol-for-funding/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/mass-transit-advocates-rally-at-capitol-for-funding/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:48:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/mass-transit-advocates-rally-at-capitol-for-funding/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/18/mass-transit-advocates-rally-at-capitol-for-funding/feed/ 1 FUND TRANSIT State Rep. Dubose Porter, D-Dublin, stands alongside mass-transit supporters Monday and voiced the need for more cash for more options. It’s become a mantra of passionate rail and bus supporters during the current legislative session: Do something, anything, to kick start the state’s static transit situation. On Monday afternoon, the message was echoed. Members of [...] 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 [...]