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Clean Air

GreenLaw helped halt a coal-fired power plant that would have emitted 9 million tons of Carbon Dioxide - the same emissions as 1.5 million cars driving 12,000 miles each year.

Clean Water

GreenLaw prevented almost one ton of plastic from being dumped into the Oconee River each year by a newsprint recycling company in Dublin.

Environmental Justice

GreenLaw’s actions stopped a grain mill from emitting illegal and dangerous particles that covered a disadvantaged African-American community for decades.

 
GreenLaw is working with citizen groups across Georgia on the proposed 854-megawatt coal-fired power plant to be built in Sandersville, 60 miles east of Macon. Find out more about the problems with this ill-advised proposal.
UPDATE: GreenLaw submitted detailed comments on the draft amendment to Longleaf's permit which would limit the amount of hazardous air pollutants that could be emitted. Even with these limitations, the plant will emit 158 pounds of mercury making it one of the top ten emitters in the state. Learn more about the case and the irreversible negative impact that the coal-fired Power plant in Early county will have on Georgia's air quality.
December 16, 2009 - Right on the heels of the announcement that North Carolina’s Progress Energy will shut down 11 coal plants, and in the face of dozens of coal projects being abandoned nationwide, a Georgia company has announced plans to build yet another coal-fired power plant.
By Joseph E. Lowery
January 17, 2010 - “Somehow the forces of justice stand on the side of the universe, so that you can’t ultimately trample over God’s children and profit by it.” — Martin Luther King Jr., “The Birth of a New Nation,” April 7, 1957
I believe that [King] would be crying out against any coal-fired plants, rising anew or already operating, because they spew dangerous pollutants into the air and drain our precious waters. I believe he would be a mighty force in convincing us that coal plants are no longer needed in our beloved Georgia — or anywhere else.
Taxpayers in Washington County face serious risks and will likely not reap the financial and employment perks that supporters of the proposed Plant Washington are promising if the $2.1 billion coal-burning plant is built, according to an independent analysis released October 8 by the Ochs Center. That assessment provided by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, a Chattanooga, Tenn.- based non-profit research group, shows that prior projections of new revenue for Washington County from Plant Washington may be off the mark and County taxpayers may be left holding the bag for new infrastructure costs.
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GreenLaw's work to protect us all from the harmful impact of coal plant pollution is highlighted by a new report released by Physicians for Social Responsibility which details the true risks of our nation's dependence on coal.
Georgia's Environmental Protection Division released a draft amendment for the Longleaf coal-fired power plant air pollution permit. The amendment purports to address mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. EPD held a public hearing on the permit amendment in Early County on July 28 in which the audience overwhelmingly opposed the issuance of a permit for this ill-advised coal plant. GreenLaw submitted detailed comments on behalf of twenty groups.
View GreenLaw's comments on Longleaf's proposed permit for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
May 20, 2009 - GreenLaw Executive Director Justine Thompson today commended the wisdom of four Georgia electric membership corporations (EMCs) for their decision to pull the plug on their partnership to build an 854 mega-watt coal-fired electric power plant in Washington County with a consortium of six other EMCs.
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July 7, 2009 - Today the Georgia Court of Appeals issued an order resulting in further delays for a coal-fired power plant in Early County, Georgia. Although the Court of Appeals reversed the lower court on several issues, today’s ruling is the second defeat for the proposed plant in a little more than a year. The permit for the plant remains invalid, calling into serious question the future viability of the project.
August 26, 2009 - Today, over thirty organizations registered their opposition to the Longleaf Energy Station coal-fired power plant by submitting amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs with the Georgia Supreme Court. A wide array of local, state and national organizations raised concerns about the impact of this ill-advised coal plant on the economy, public health, national parks, minority communities, agriculture, and more.
April 1, 2009 - GreenLaw filed a lawsuit to protect our right to access public records kept by the government and thus ensure government transparency and openness essential to the fairness and due process of our legal system. The lawsuit asks the Superior Court of Fulton County to order the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to produce previously requested documents and to enjoin the EPD “from destroying emails and other public records in violation of the Georgia Open Records Act.”
January 5, 2009 - Dynegy, Inc., one of the nation’s main merchant coal energy producers, announced that it was pulling out of its agreement with New-Jersey-based LS Power to build the Longleaf Energy Station proposed for Early County, Georgia. LS Power, however, maintains that it will continue to seek the pollution permits necessary to construct the plant as planned.
June 18, 2008 - GreenLaw, Sierra Club and Friends of the Chattahoochee welcomed a call by New York City’s Comptroller for an investigation of taxpayer subsidies for risky, old-fashioned coal-burning electric power plants such as the Longleaf Energy Station (Longleaf). In a letter to the United States Treasury Department, New York Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. urged a review of policies that permit tax-exempt bonds to pay for dirty, coal-burning power plants.
 		 
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