A Georgia coal plant cannot go forward until it receives an air-pollution permit limiting its carbon-dioxide emissions, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore ruled Monday. The ruling marks the first time a judge has used the Supreme Court's classification of CO2 as a pollutant to regulate emissions from an industrial source. Moore's decision overturns a previous ruling that had allowed the Longleaf Energy Plant, Georgia's first new coal facility in more than 20 years, to go forward. Environmentalists say the case sets a heartening precedent. "We will be taking this decision and making the same arguments to push for an end to conventional coal," says Bruce Nilles of the Sierra Club, which is in active litigation over dozens more coal plants across the country. Adds the club's Patti Durand, "I can't be more thrilled. It's a huge ruling. This is a new day in the United States, and I'm thrilled."
source: Associated Press, GreenLaw
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Delay And Deny Posted 8:59 am
30 Jun 2008
Once we get rid of the coal plants and the temperatures keep rising what 'cher gonna do then?
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wendigo Posted 9:39 am
30 Jun 2008
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el mono Posted 10:51 am
30 Jun 2008
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SamHec Posted 2:43 pm
30 Jun 2008
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catman Posted 6:32 am
01 Jul 2008
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amazingdrx Posted 7:34 am
01 Jul 2008
To paraphrase Ron Raygun, "We have outlawed coal, the banning starts immediately!".
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rufwork Posted 10:10 am
02 Jul 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/02/citi ...
Pretty good picture of a big GA coal plant with two cooling towers.
From Wikipedia about the plant in that picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Bowen_Coal
"Plant Bowen is a coal-fired, steam-turbine electric generating facility located in Euharlee, GA - approximately 9 miles WSW from Cartersville, GA. Bowen ranked 3rd in the nation for net generation in 2006 producing over 22,630,000 MWh. Plant Bowen is connected to the southeastern U.S. Power grid by numerous 500KV transmission lines.
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The Bowen plant is the third largest producer of greenhouse gas via power generation in the United States, emitting 20.5 million tons of CO2 in the atmosphere each year. [1]"
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